diff -r 1f5f708d58a6 -r ece02eb9c81d mcabber/mcabber/main.c
--- a/mcabber/mcabber/main.c	Mon Nov 21 20:58:58 2016 +0100
+++ b/mcabber/mcabber/main.c	Tue Dec 13 22:26:45 2016 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <config.h>
 #include <poll.h>
-#include <time.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "caps.h"
@@ -67,11 +66,8 @@
 static bool sigwinch;
 #endif
 
-extern int build_buddylist;
-
 static bool terminate_ui;
 GMainContext *main_context;
-static guint refresh_timeout_id;
 
 static struct termios *backup_termios;
 
@@ -381,13 +377,6 @@
   return keyboard_activity();
 }
 
-static gboolean refresh_timeout_cb(gpointer data) {
-   // Only called once, to trigger a refresh if needed
-   // so reset ID and return false.
-  refresh_timeout_id = 0;
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
 static GSourceFuncs mcabber_source_funcs = {
   mcabber_source_prepare,
   mcabber_source_check,
@@ -494,10 +483,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  /* Initialize buddylist update timestamp */
-  struct timespec last_ui_update;
-  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &last_ui_update);
-
   /* Initialize PGP system
      We do it before ncurses initialization because we may need to request
      a passphrase. */
@@ -570,9 +555,6 @@
     scr_LogPrint(LPRINT_DEBUG, "Entering into main loop...");
 
     while(!terminate_ui) {
-      int64_t timediff;
-      struct timespec now;
-
       if (g_main_context_iteration(main_context, TRUE) == FALSE)
         keyboard_activity();
 #ifdef USE_SIGWINCH
@@ -581,36 +563,9 @@
         sigwinch = FALSE;
       }
 #endif
-
-      // Compute time in ms since last buddylist/screen update
-      clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now);
-      timediff = (((now.tv_sec - last_ui_update.tv_sec)  * 1.0e9) +
-                  (now.tv_nsec - last_ui_update.tv_nsec)) / 1.0e6;
-
-      if (timediff <= 200) {
-        // Trigger a timeout in 1s to make sure no refresh will be missed
-        if (!refresh_timeout_id) {
-          refresh_timeout_id = g_timeout_add_seconds_full(G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
-                                     1, refresh_timeout_cb, NULL, NULL);
-        }
-      } else if ((build_buddylist || update_roster)) {
-        // More than 200ms
-        if (build_buddylist || update_roster) {
-          if (build_buddylist) {
-            buddylist_build();
-            update_roster = TRUE;
-          }
-          if (update_roster) {
-            scr_draw_roster();
-            scr_do_update();
-            last_ui_update = now;
-          }
-        } else {
-          // No roster change; minimum screen update
-          update_panels();
-          doupdate();
-        }
-      }
+      if (update_roster)
+        scr_draw_roster();
+      scr_do_update();
     }
 
     g_source_destroy(mc_source);