diff --git a/package/gnome24/libxklavier/pkgconfig-cflags-fix.patch b/package/gnome24/libxklavier/pkgconfig-cflags-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c492c385a..000000000
--- a/package/gnome24/libxklavier/pkgconfig-cflags-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/gnome24/libxklavier/pkgconfig-cflags-fix.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
-# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
-# 
-# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
-# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
-# file for details.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- libxklavier-0.90/libxklavier.pc.in.orig	2003-09-30 22:23:32.000000000 +0200
-+++ libxklavier-0.90/libxklavier.pc.in	2003-09-30 22:23:47.000000000 +0200
-@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
- Requires: libxml-2.0
- Version: @VERSION@
- Libs: -L${libdir} -lxklavier
--Cflags: -I${includedir}/libxklavier
-+Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/libxklavier
diff --git a/package/gnome24/pybliographer/python23-missing-defs.patch b/package/gnome24/pybliographer/python23-missing-defs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c1710f81d..000000000
--- a/package/gnome24/pybliographer/python23-missing-defs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/gnome24/pybliographer/python23-missing-defs.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
-# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
-# 
-# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
-# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
-# file for details.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- pybliographer-1.0.11/compiled/Makefile.pre.in.orig	2003-10-08 00:11:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ pybliographer-1.0.11/compiled/Makefile.pre.in	2003-10-08 00:20:01.000000000 +0200
-@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
- 	echo "/^LINKPATH=/s%=.*%=	$(LINKPATH)%" >>sedscript
- 	echo "/^BASELIB=/s%=.*%=	$(BASELIB)%" >>sedscript
- 	echo "/^BASESETUP=/s%=.*%=	$(BASESETUP)%" >>sedscript
-+	echo "s%@DEFS[@]%%" >>sedscript
- 
- # Bootstrap target
- boot:	clobber
diff --git a/package/gnome24/pybliographer/recode-version.patch b/package/gnome24/pybliographer/recode-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1487bff66..000000000
--- a/package/gnome24/pybliographer/recode-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/gnome24/pybliographer/recode-version.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
-# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
-# 
-# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
-# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
-# file for details.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- pybliographer-1.0.11/configure.orig	2003-10-02 13:41:45.000000000 +0200
-+++ pybliographer-1.0.11/configure	2003-10-02 13:42:06.000000000 +0200
-@@ -4316,10 +4316,6 @@
- 
- version=`${RECODE} --version | head -n 1 | cut -f 3 -d' '`
- 
--if test ${version} != "3.5" ; then
--  { echo "configure: error: Please check that your version of GNU Recode is 3.5" 1>&2; exit 1; }
--fi
--
- cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
- #define USE_RECODE 1
- EOF
diff --git a/package/gnome24/straw/python-version.patch b/package/gnome24/straw/python-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ff39afabb..000000000
--- a/package/gnome24/straw/python-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/gnome24/straw/python-version.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
-# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
-# 
-# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
-# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
-# file for details.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- straw-0.19.1/Makefile.orig	2003-09-30 21:45:17.000000000 +0200
-+++ straw-0.19.1/Makefile	2003-09-30 21:45:26.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--PYTHON ?= python2.2
-+PYTHON ?= python2.3
- INSTALL ?= install
- RM ?= rm
- MSGFMT ?= msgfmt
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- # autodetect GNOME prefix, change this if you want it elsewhere
- PREFIX ?= `pkg-config libgnome-2.0 --variable=prefix || echo /usr/local`
- 
--LIBDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib/python2.2/site-packages/straw
-+LIBDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib/python2.3/site-packages/straw
- BINDIR = $(PREFIX)/bin
- DATADIR = $(PREFIX)/share/straw
- APPLICATIONSDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/applications