diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-103-disable-online-check.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-103-disable-online-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f357d3aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-103-disable-online-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+From 7503fd2355ab44503cf38809c5ba70ef2c0f2144 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
+Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:44:16 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] disable online check
+
+---
+ xbmc/GUIInfoManager.cpp              | 1 -
+ xbmc/utils/SystemInfo.cpp            | 5 +----
+ xbmc/windows/GUIWindowSystemInfo.cpp | 1 -
+ 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/GUIInfoManager.cpp b/xbmc/GUIInfoManager.cpp
+index 10173ee..70a474a 100644
+--- a/xbmc/GUIInfoManager.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/GUIInfoManager.cpp
+@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ const infomap system_labels[] =  {{ "hasnetwork",       SYSTEM_ETHERNET_LINK_ACT
+                                   { "currentwindow",    SYSTEM_CURRENT_WINDOW },
+                                   { "currentcontrol",   SYSTEM_CURRENT_CONTROL },
+                                   { "dvdlabel",         SYSTEM_DVD_LABEL },
+-                                  { "internetstate",    SYSTEM_INTERNET_STATE },
+                                   { "kernelversion",    SYSTEM_KERNEL_VERSION },
+                                   { "uptime",           SYSTEM_UPTIME },
+                                   { "totaluptime",      SYSTEM_TOTALUPTIME },
+diff --git a/xbmc/utils/SystemInfo.cpp b/xbmc/utils/SystemInfo.cpp
+index c77d495..06459dc 100644
+--- a/xbmc/utils/SystemInfo.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/utils/SystemInfo.cpp
+@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ bool CSysInfoJob::DoWork()
+ {
+   m_info.systemUptime      = GetSystemUpTime(false);
+   m_info.systemTotalUptime = GetSystemUpTime(true);
+-  m_info.internetState     = GetInternetState();
+   m_info.videoEncoder      = GetVideoEncoder();
+   m_info.cpuFrequency      = GetCPUFreqInfo();
+   m_info.kernelVersion     = CSysInfo::GetKernelVersion();
+@@ -569,9 +568,7 @@ CStdString CSysInfo::GetKernelVersion()
+ 
+ bool CSysInfo::HasInternet()
+ {
+-  if (m_info.internetState != CSysData::UNKNOWN)
+-    return m_info.internetState == CSysData::CONNECTED;
+-  return (m_info.internetState = CSysInfoJob::GetInternetState()) == CSysData::CONNECTED;
++  return m_info.internetState == CSysData::UNKNOWN;
+ }
+ 
+ CStdString CSysInfo::GetHddSpaceInfo(int drive, bool shortText)
+diff --git a/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowSystemInfo.cpp b/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowSystemInfo.cpp
+index 60aa49d..a0a2e27 100644
+--- a/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowSystemInfo.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/windows/GUIWindowSystemInfo.cpp
+@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ void CGUIWindowSystemInfo::FrameMove()
+     SetControlLabel(i++, "%s: %s", 13160, NETWORK_GATEWAY_ADDRESS);
+     SetControlLabel(i++, "%s: %s", 13161, NETWORK_DNS1_ADDRESS);
+     SetControlLabel(i++, "%s: %s", 20307, NETWORK_DNS2_ADDRESS);
+-    SetControlLabel(i++, "%s %s", 13295, SYSTEM_INTERNET_STATE);
+   }
+   else if (m_section == CONTROL_BT_VIDEO)
+   {
+-- 
+1.8.3.2
+
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-103-fix_connection_check-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-103-fix_connection_check-0.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bb87be74e..0000000000
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-103-fix_connection_check-0.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/xbmc/filesystem/CurlFile.cpp b/xbmc/filesystem/CurlFile.cpp
---- a/xbmc/filesystem/CurlFile.cpp	2011-03-08 02:49:14.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/xbmc/filesystem/CurlFile.cpp	2011-10-17 19:21:04.180783870 +0200
-@@ -803,9 +803,9 @@
- // Detect whether we are "online" or not! Very simple and dirty!
- bool CFileCurl::IsInternet(bool checkDNS /* = true */)
- {
--  CStdString strURL = "http://www.google.com";
-+  CStdString strURL = "http://online.openelec.tv";
-   if (!checkDNS)
--    strURL = "http://74.125.19.103"; // www.google.com ip
-+    strURL = "http://212.101.13.11"; // online.openelec.tv ip
- 
-   bool found = Exists(strURL);
-   Close();