diff -Nru indicator-applet-12.10.2+20.10.20200822.1/debian/changelog indicator-applet-12.10.2+20.10.20200915/debian/changelog
--- indicator-applet-12.10.2+20.10.20200822.1/debian/changelog	2020-09-15 10:20:14.000000000 +0000
+++ indicator-applet-12.10.2+20.10.20200915/debian/changelog	2020-09-15 10:20:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+indicator-applet (12.10.2+20.10.20200915-0ubuntu1) groovy; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Sebastian Geiger ]
+  * Destroy the menuitem instead of hiding it when an entry is removed.
+
+ -- Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:18:06 +0000
+
 indicator-applet (12.10.2+20.10.20200822.1-0ubuntu1) groovy; urgency=medium
 
   * Remove transitional packages.
diff -Nru indicator-applet-12.10.2+20.10.20200822.1/src/indicator-applet.c indicator-applet-12.10.2+20.10.20200915/src/indicator-applet.c
--- indicator-applet-12.10.2+20.10.20200822.1/src/indicator-applet.c	2020-08-22 08:43:23.000000000 +0000
+++ indicator-applet-12.10.2+20.10.20200915/src/indicator-applet.c	2020-09-15 10:17:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@
                          NULL);
   }
 
-  gtk_widget_hide (menuitem);
+  g_hash_table_remove (menuitem_lookup, entry);
+  gtk_widget_destroy (menuitem);
 
   return;
 }