diff --git a/telegram-purple.c b/telegram-purple.c
index 3fdcec3..3e33687 100644
--- a/telegram-purple.c
+++ b/telegram-purple.c
@@ -372,9 +372,6 @@ static void update_user_handler (struct tgl_state *TLS, struct tgl_user *user, u
       p2tgl_prpl_got_user_status (TLS, user->id, &user->status);
       p2tgl_buddy_update (TLS, (tgl_peer_t *)user, flags);
     }
-    if (flags & (TGL_UPDATE_NAME | TGL_UPDATE_REAL_NAME | TGL_UPDATE_USERNAME) && buddy) {
-      p2tgl_blist_alias_buddy (buddy, user);
-    }
     if (flags & TGL_UPDATE_PHOTO) {
       tgl_do_get_user_info (TLS, user->id, 0, on_user_get_info, 0);
     }
diff --git a/tgp-2prpl.c b/tgp-2prpl.c
index 16f4774..e6e4191 100644
--- a/tgp-2prpl.c
+++ b/tgp-2prpl.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ PurpleBuddy *p2tgl_buddy_update (struct tgl_state *TLS, tgl_peer_t *user, unsign
   if (!b) {
     b = p2tgl_buddy_new (TLS, user);
   }
-  if (flags & TGL_UPDATE_NAME) {
+  if (flags & (TGL_UPDATE_NAME | TGL_UPDATE_REAL_NAME | TGL_UPDATE_USERNAME)) {
     debug ("Update username for id%d (name %s %s)\n", tgl_get_peer_id (user->id), user->user.first_name, user->user.last_name);
     char *alias = p2tgl_strdup_alias (user);
     purple_blist_alias_buddy(b, alias);