diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 69769af5..9922461b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ gem 'email_validator'
 # Email address obfuscation
 gem 'actionview-encoded_mail_to'
 # To display a patched diff for event descriptions
-gem 'differ', github: 'genuitytech/differ', branch: 'add_patch_format'
+gem 'differ'
 
 # A generic library to administrate the tool
 gem 'activeadmin', github: 'gregbell/active_admin'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e5aafd9a..e5c05966 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ GIT
       jquery-rails
       rails (>= 3.2.2)
 
-GIT
-  remote: git://github.com/genuitytech/differ.git
-  revision: ff1a29ab2fa87620149e001d07aa48bef92de850
-  branch: add_patch_format
-  specs:
-    differ (0.1.2)
-
 GIT
   remote: git://github.com/gregbell/active_admin.git
   revision: 944af76ace89f941a7baa92775854d2e1d0e6dba
@@ -135,6 +128,7 @@ GEM
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
       warden (~> 1.2.3)
     devise-i18n (0.11.2)
+    differ (0.1.2)
     docile (1.1.5)
     em-websocket (0.5.1)
       eventmachine (>= 0.12.9)
@@ -387,7 +381,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   compass-rails
   devise
   devise-i18n
-  differ!
+  differ
   email_validator
   font-awesome-rails
   geocoder
diff --git a/app/views/moderation_mailer/update.text.haml b/app/views/moderation_mailer/update.text.haml
index e2f4fbcb..87dfec7b 100644
--- a/app/views/moderation_mailer/update.text.haml
+++ b/app/views/moderation_mailer/update.text.haml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 - prev = render file: '/events/show'
 - @event = former
 
-= Differ.diff(new, prev).format_as(:patch).gsub(/\[\d{1,2}m/, '')
+- require 'differ/format/patch'
+- Differ.format = Differ::Format::Patch
+= Differ.diff new, prev
 \
 - if @current_user
   = edit_moderation_url @event
diff --git a/lib/differ/format/patch.rb b/lib/differ/format/patch.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9204cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/differ/format/patch.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Formatter for diff output
+module Differ
+  module Format
+    # Try to format as unified diff, using - and +
+    module Patch
+      class << self
+        def format(change)
+          case
+          when change.change?
+            as_change change
+          when change.delete?
+            as_delete change
+          when change.insert?
+            as_insert change
+          else
+            ''
+          end
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def as_insert(change)
+          "+ #{change.insert}"
+        end
+
+        def as_delete(change)
+          "- #{change.delete}"
+        end
+
+        def as_change(change)
+          [as_delete(change), as_insert(change)].join '\n'
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end