diff --git a/patches/remove_test.patch b/patches/remove_test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9920b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/remove_test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/debian/patches/series
++++ b/debian/patches/series
+@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
+-test-drop-removed-SCSI-passthrough-feature.patch
+-test-customize-etc-os-release-instead-of-usr-lib-os-relea.patch
+-test-CET-EET-are-deprecated-use-Europe-Berlin-and-Kyiv.patch
+--- a/debian/patches/test-drop-removed-SCSI-passthrough-feature.patch
++++ /dev/null
+--- a/debian/patches/test-customize-etc-os-release-instead-of-usr-lib-os-relea.patch
++++ /dev/null
+--- a/debian/patches/test-CET-EET-are-deprecated-use-Europe-Berlin-and-Kyiv.patch
++++ /dev/null
diff --git a/patches/series b/patches/series
index 377dae7..05e687c 100644
--- a/patches/series
+++ b/patches/series
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ configure.patch
 install-initrd.patch
 install_pam_systemd_user.patch
 add-systemd-run0-install-target.patch
+remove_test.patch
diff --git a/prepare_source b/prepare_source
index 5d7bf0a..0bbfc68 100644
--- a/prepare_source
+++ b/prepare_source
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
-apt_src systemd
-import_upstream_patches
+git_src --branch v256.8 https://github.com/systemd/systemd.git
+tmp_deb=$(mktemp -d)
+# TODO: create a import_upstream_patches/debian_git, similar to git_src
+git clone --depth 1 --recurse-submodules -b "debian/256.7-3" https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd.git "$tmp_deb"
+cp -r "${tmp_deb}/debian" "${dir}/src/"
+rm -rf "${tmp_deb}"
 apply_patches
+
+version="256.8-0"
+message="Update to 256.8-0"