diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 876ecd3..5e47cd9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ New:
 
 Fixes:
 
-- *add item here*
+- Get rid of the monkey patch on Products.CMFPlone's CatalogTool.
+  Issue https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/issues/1332
+  [staeff, fredvd]
+
 
 
 2.4.9 (2015-11-25)
diff --git a/plone/app/discussion/configure.zcml b/plone/app/discussion/configure.zcml
index 0a3fe54..4e634ba 100644
--- a/plone/app/discussion/configure.zcml
+++ b/plone/app/discussion/configure.zcml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
     xmlns:genericsetup="http://namespaces.zope.org/genericsetup"
     xmlns:i18n="http://namespaces.zope.org/i18n"
-    xmlns:monkey="http://namespaces.plone.org/monkey"
     xmlns:zcml="http://namespaces.zope.org/zcml"
     xmlns:five="http://namespaces.zope.org/five"
     i18n_domain="plone">
@@ -62,19 +61,6 @@
         profile="plone.app.discussion:default"
     />
 
-
-    <!-- Monkey Patches -->
-
-    <include package="collective.monkeypatcher" />
-
-    <monkey:patch
-        description="This allows Catalog Tool to find comments
-                     during clear-and-rebuild catalog"
-        class="Products.CMFPlone.CatalogTool.CatalogTool"
-        original="clearFindAndRebuild"
-        replacement=".patches.patchedClearFindAndRebuild"
-        />
-
     <!-- Comments -->
 
     <class class=".comment.Comment">
diff --git a/plone/app/discussion/conversation.py b/plone/app/discussion/conversation.py
index f0ebc4d..0e074a7 100644
--- a/plone/app/discussion/conversation.py
+++ b/plone/app/discussion/conversation.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from OFS.event import ObjectWillBeAddedEvent
 from OFS.event import ObjectWillBeRemovedEvent
 from OFS.Traversable import Traversable
 from Products.CMFPlone.interfaces import IHideFromBreadcrumbs
+from Products.CMFPlone import DISCUSSION_ANNOTATION_KEY as ANNOTATION_KEY
 from persistent import Persistent
 from plone.app.discussion.comment import Comment
 from plone.app.discussion.interfaces import IConversation
@@ -37,12 +38,10 @@ from zope.lifecycleevent import ObjectAddedEvent
 from zope.lifecycleevent import ObjectCreatedEvent
 from zope.lifecycleevent import ObjectRemovedEvent
 
+
 import time
 
 
-ANNOTATION_KEY = 'plone.app.discussion:conversation'
-
-
 class Conversation(Traversable, Persistent, Explicit):
     """A conversation is a container for all comments on a content object.
 
diff --git a/plone/app/discussion/patches.py b/plone/app/discussion/patches.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fd0070b..0000000
--- a/plone/app/discussion/patches.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-from Acquisition import aq_inner
-from Acquisition import aq_parent
-from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
-from Products.CMFPlone.utils import base_hasattr
-from Products.CMFPlone.utils import safe_callable
-from plone.app.discussion.conversation import ANNOTATION_KEY
-from zope.annotation.interfaces import IAnnotations
-
-
-def patchedClearFindAndRebuild(self):
-    """Empties catalog, then finds all contentish objects (i.e. objects
-       with an indexObject method), and reindexes them.
-       This may take a long time.
-    """
-
-    def indexObject(obj, path):
-
-        if (base_hasattr(obj, 'indexObject') and
-                safe_callable(obj.indexObject)):
-
-            try:
-                obj.indexObject()
-
-                annotions = IAnnotations(obj)
-                catalog = getToolByName(obj, "portal_catalog")
-                if ANNOTATION_KEY in annotions:
-                    conversation = annotions[ANNOTATION_KEY]
-                    conversation = conversation.__of__(obj)
-                    for comment in conversation.getComments():
-                        try:
-                            if catalog:
-                                catalog.indexObject(comment)
-                        except StopIteration:  # pragma: no cover
-                            pass
-
-            except TypeError:
-                # Catalogs have 'indexObject' as well, but they
-                # take different args, and will fail
-                pass
-
-    self.manage_catalogClear()
-    portal = aq_parent(aq_inner(self))
-    portal.ZopeFindAndApply(portal, search_sub=True, apply_func=indexObject)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c2e09a..8547015 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ version = '2.4.10.dev0'
 
 install_requires = [
     'setuptools',
-    'collective.monkeypatcher',
     'plone.app.layout',
     'plone.app.registry',
     'plone.app.uuid',