diff --git a/matrix-react-sdk b/matrix-react-sdk
index d160a1b..b3273f2 160000
--- a/matrix-react-sdk
+++ b/matrix-react-sdk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d160a1bbdef8a93a2139e0e159a5fc5eb7c8ed7a
+Subproject commit b3273f2ce4d14924f2710f0ac94cbee54aeee9c6
diff --git a/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0016-Import-SC-compound-theme-overrides.patch b/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0015-Import-SC-compound-theme-overrides.patch
similarity index 94%
rename from patches/matrix-react-sdk/0016-Import-SC-compound-theme-overrides.patch
rename to patches/matrix-react-sdk/0015-Import-SC-compound-theme-overrides.patch
index e5aad3a..136ece8 100644
--- a/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0016-Import-SC-compound-theme-overrides.patch
+++ b/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0015-Import-SC-compound-theme-overrides.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 8b2c552f798e64974d0a0380f55cadb4f72dd67c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 553d957b6d9ef9dd4d730c640a75bbb75fd36f88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: SpiritCroc <dev@spiritcroc.de>
 Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 11:23:54 +0200
 Subject: Import SC compound theme overrides
diff --git a/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0016-No-damn-avatar-background-in-room-list.patch b/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0016-No-damn-avatar-background-in-room-list.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..260eaec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0016-No-damn-avatar-background-in-room-list.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From d37ff20103b5a650f626ba9910e9ce1f6f7d59b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: su-ex <codeworks@supercable.onl>
+Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 19:41:52 +0200
+Subject: No damn avatar background in room list
+
+---
+ src/components/structures/BackdropPanel.tsx | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/components/structures/BackdropPanel.tsx b/src/components/structures/BackdropPanel.tsx
+index 80c21235cc..a9c464f4b2 100644
+--- a/src/components/structures/BackdropPanel.tsx
++++ b/src/components/structures/BackdropPanel.tsx
+@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ interface IProps {
+ }
+ 
+ export const BackdropPanel: React.FC<IProps> = ({ backgroundImage, blurMultiplier }) => {
++    // SC: no damn avatar background in room list
++    return null;
++
+     if (!backgroundImage) return null;
+ 
+     const styles: CSSProperties = {};
+-- 
+2.47.0
+
diff --git a/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0018-No-red-messages-in-1-1-chats.patch b/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0018-No-red-messages-in-1-1-chats.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85c8dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/matrix-react-sdk/0018-No-red-messages-in-1-1-chats.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From b3273f2ce4d14924f2710f0ac94cbee54aeee9c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: su-ex <codeworks@supercable.onl>
+Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:16:28 +0100
+Subject: =?UTF-8?q?No=20red=20messages=20in=201:1=20chats=0AClose=20Schild?=
+ =?UTF-8?q?iChat/schildichat-desktop#13?=
+
+---
+ src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx | 6 ++++++
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
+index 746cceabd8..3e5879f7ad 100644
+--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
++++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
+@@ -685,6 +685,12 @@ export class UnwrappedEventTile extends React.Component<EventTileProps, IState>
+             return false;
+         }
+ 
++        // don't show highlights in 1:1 rooms
++        const room = cli.getRoom(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId());
++        if (room && room.currentState.getJoinedMemberCount() === 2) {
++            return false;
++        }
++
+         return !!(actions?.tweaks.highlight || previousActions?.tweaks.highlight);
+     }
+ 
+-- 
+2.47.0
+