diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/InstalledAppProviderService.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/InstalledAppProviderService.java
index 241356eee..175a78976 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/InstalledAppProviderService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/InstalledAppProviderService.java
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import org.fdroid.fdroid.Utils;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  * Handles all updates to {@link InstalledAppProvider}, whether checking the contents
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@ public class InstalledAppProviderService extends IntentService {
 
     private static final String EXTRA_PACKAGE_INFO = "org.fdroid.fdroid.data.extra.PACKAGE_INFO";
 
+    private ScheduledExecutorService worker;
+    private boolean notifyChangeNeedsSending;
+
     public InstalledAppProviderService() {
         super("InstalledAppProviderService");
     }
@@ -125,10 +131,7 @@ public class InstalledAppProviderService extends IntentService {
             } else if (ACTION_DELETE.equals(action)) {
                 deleteAppFromDb(this, packageName);
             }
-
-            Utils.debugLog(TAG, "Notifying content providers (so they can update the relevant views).");
-            getContentResolver().notifyChange(AppProvider.getContentUri(), null);
-            getContentResolver().notifyChange(ApkProvider.getContentUri(), null);
+            notifyChange();
         }
     }
 
@@ -160,4 +163,32 @@ public class InstalledAppProviderService extends IntentService {
         Uri uri = InstalledAppProvider.getAppUri(packageName);
         context.getContentResolver().delete(uri, null, null);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * This notifies the users of this {@link android.content.ContentProvider}
+     * that the contents has changed.  Since {@link Intent}s can come in slow
+     * or fast, and this can trigger a lot of UI updates, the actual
+     * notifications are rate limited to one per second.
+     */
+    private void notifyChange() {
+        notifyChangeNeedsSending = true;
+        Runnable task = new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                if (notifyChangeNeedsSending) {
+                    Utils.debugLog(TAG, "Notifying content providers (so they can update the relevant views).");
+                    getContentResolver().notifyChange(AppProvider.getContentUri(), null);
+                    getContentResolver().notifyChange(ApkProvider.getContentUri(), null);
+                    notifyChangeNeedsSending = false;
+                } else {
+                    worker.shutdown();
+                    worker = null;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        if (worker == null || worker.isShutdown()) {
+            worker = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
+            worker.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, 0, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        }
+    }
 }
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