diff --git a/build b/build
index 4f99f738305980817a61da9ec00019fad763efe4..e17653a5fcf586b2c3ab814e3d424483bfe4daba 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ version=$(dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version)
 mainversion=${version%%.*}
 mainversion=${mainversion#*:}
 
+quilt pop -a
+
 # drop any previous hypra patch list
 sed -i -e '/^# hypra/,$d' debian/patches/series