diff --git a/debian/patches/remove-webclient.patch b/debian/patches/remove-webclient.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfd2fce576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/remove-webclient.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Index: package-synapse-debian/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+===================================================================
+--- package-synapse-debian.orig/synapse/app/homeserver.py
++++ package-synapse-debian/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
+ for res in listener_config["resources"]:
+ for name in res["names"]:
+ resources.update(self._configure_named_resource(
+- name, res.get("compress", False),
++ config, name, res.get("compress", False),
+ ))
+
+ additional_resources = listener_config.get("additional_resources", {})
+@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
+ )
+ logger.info("Synapse now listening on port %d", port)
+
+- def _configure_named_resource(self, name, compress=False):
++ def _configure_named_resource(self, config, name, compress=False):
+ """Build a resource map for a named resource
+
+ Args:
+@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
+ if name in ["keys", "federation"]:
+ resources[SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX] = KeyApiV2Resource(self)
+
+- if name == "webclient":
++ if name == "webclient" and config.web_client:
+ resources[WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX] = build_resource_for_web_client(self)
+
+ if name == "metrics" and self.get_config().enable_metrics:
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