diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 146a7b3..9242d36 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ _patches=("https://st.suckless.org/patches/clipboard/st-clipboard-0.8.1.diff"
           "https://st.suckless.org/patches/scrollback/st-scrollback-mouse-0.8.diff"
           "https://st.suckless.org/patches/vertcenter/st-vertcenter-20180320-6ac8c8a.diff"
           "https://st.suckless.org/patches/alpha/st-alpha-0.8.1.diff"
-          "https://st.suckless.org/patches/solarized/st-no_bold_colors-20170623-b331da5.diff"
+          "https://st.suckless.org/patches/disable_bold_italic_fonts/st-disable-bold-italic-fonts.diff"
           "https://st.suckless.org/patches/solarized/st-solarized-dark-20180411-041912a.diff")
 
 source=("http://dl.suckless.org/st/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ source=("http://dl.suckless.org/st/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
         "${_patches[@]}")
 
 sha256sums=('c4fb0fe2b8d2d3bd5e72763e80a8ae05b7d44dbac8f8e3bb18ef0161c7266926'
-            '51ed89228ed099192379e3c90f8ff83ebe5bdeb45ae47723ddc5d94de05f0ad0'
+            '0bcd30e21468848432e490899932a1779c342f52f03917331acbabb7e0123d9d'
             'f22e0165aacb2bc86d000728c81f68022abcc601dbfd09e516e1ba772225d7e6'
             '8279d347c70bc9b36f450ba15e1fd9ff62eedf49ce9258c35d7f1cfe38cca226'
             '3fb38940cc3bad3f9cd1e2a0796ebd0e48950a07860ecf8523a5afd0cd1b5a44'
             '04e6a4696293f668260b2f54a7240e379dbfabbc209de07bd5d4d57e9f513360'
             '7bf61cb8a505891574f3ad0a5420334d3e965b9f7d0067df3819eeef72ce1358'
-            '71e1211189d9e11da93ee49388379c5f8469fcd3e1f48bb4d791ddaf161f5845'
+            '206ac98601adead3139eac64a23e28202879b94d6cf61e71e5bf457bde34ed18'
             'b2d5e88a2616eafb82b2fefb63eecb0f9d71f839349ef40f9f69c1953444f88c')
 
 prepare() {
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ prepare() {
 
   # Modify alpha patch to prevent conflicts
   sed -i 's/size_t colornamelen/unsigned int tabspaces/g' "$srcdir/$(basename ${_patches[4]})"
+  sed -i '7,7d' "$srcdir/$(basename ${_patches[5]})" 
+  sed -i '10,26d' "$srcdir/$(basename ${_patches[5]})" 
   sed -i '1,68d' "$srcdir/$(basename ${_patches[6]})" 
 
   for patch in "${_patches[@]}"; do
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index e345586..249083c 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -471,3 +471,9 @@ static char ascii_printable[] =
 	" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?"
 	"@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_"
 	"`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~";
+
+/* disable bold, italic and roman fonts globally */
+int disablebold = 0;
+int disableitalic = 0;
+int disableroman = 0;
+