diff --git a/package/base/libsigc++/hotfixes-gcc43.patch b/package/base/libsigc++/hotfixes-gcc43.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 251d627d1..000000000
--- a/package/base/libsigc++/hotfixes-gcc43.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- ./tests/test_copy_invalid_slot.cc.orig	2008-06-10 19:42:02.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./tests/test_copy_invalid_slot.cc	2008-06-10 19:42:23.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
- #include <iostream>
-+#include <stdlib.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- #include <sigc++/sigc++.h>
- 
- void Foo(sigc::trackable &t) {}
diff --git a/package/gnome2/glibmm/hotfixes-gcc43.patch b/package/gnome2/glibmm/hotfixes-gcc43.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f535d670..000000000
--- a/package/gnome2/glibmm/hotfixes-gcc43.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-diff -dur glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/convert.cc src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/convert.cc
---- glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/convert.cc	2007-08-13 12:51:08.000000000 +0200
-+++ src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/convert.cc	2008-10-19 18:39:21.000000000 +0200
-@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
- #include <glib/gconvert.h>
- #include <glib/gmessages.h>
- #include <glib/gunicode.h>
-+#include <glib/gtestutils.h>
- #include <glibmm/utility.h>
- 
- 
-diff -dur glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/date.cc src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/date.cc
---- glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/date.cc	2007-08-13 12:51:09.000000000 +0200
-+++ src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/date.cc	2008-10-19 18:39:39.000000000 +0200
-@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
- 
- #include <glib/gmem.h>
- #include <glib/gmessages.h>
-+#include <glib/gtestutils.h>
- 
- #include <ctime>
- #include <algorithm>
-diff -dur glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/error.cc src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/error.cc
---- glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/error.cc	2007-08-13 12:50:35.000000000 +0200
-+++ src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/error.cc	2008-10-19 18:40:26.000000000 +0200
-@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
- 
- #include <glib/gerror.h>
- #include <glib/gmessages.h>
-+#include <glib/gtestutils.h>
- 
- #include <map>
- #include <glibmmconfig.h>
-diff -dur glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/exception.cc src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/exception.cc
---- glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/exception.cc	2007-08-13 12:50:35.000000000 +0200
-+++ src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/exception.cc	2008-10-19 18:40:47.000000000 +0200
-@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
- 
- #include <glib/gmessages.h>
- #include <glibmm/exception.h>
-+#include <glib/gtestutils.h>
- 
- 
- namespace Glib
-diff -dur glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/object.cc src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/object.cc
---- glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/object.cc	2007-08-13 12:50:35.000000000 +0200
-+++ src.glibmm.1224434129.9075.1379606037/glibmm-2.14.1/glib/glibmm/object.cc	2008-10-19 18:35:45.000000000 +0200
-@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
- #include <gobject/gvaluecollector.h>
- 
- #include <cstdarg>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- //Weak references:
- //I'm not sure what the point of these are apart from being a hacky way out of circular references,
diff --git a/package/x11/libart_lgpl23/cplusplus_fix.patch b/package/x11/libart_lgpl23/cplusplus_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c69f4519f..000000000
--- a/package/x11/libart_lgpl23/cplusplus_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- ./art_misc.h	2007-06-07 09:48:05.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./art_misc.h	2007-06-07 09:49:07.000000000 +0200
-@@ -34,10 +34,18 @@
- #include <libart_lgpl/art_config.h>
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef __cplusplus
-+extern "C" {
-+#endif
-+
- void *art_alloc(size_t size);
- void art_free(void *ptr);
- void *art_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
- 
-+#ifdef __cplusplus
-+}
-+#endif
-+
- /* These aren't, strictly speaking, configuration macros, but they're
-    damn handy to have around, and may be worth playing with for
-    debugging. */