diff --git a/.kernel.metadata b/.kernel.metadata
index 5ff4d06..29025ae 100644
--- a/.kernel.metadata
+++ b/.kernel.metadata
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 09dbba13ccf0d7f607d3ce0bd6a295826599284e SOURCES/kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-39.tar.bz2
 fe98419a9f6e59f47dc9c1716b7dafa71c029393 SOURCES/kernel-kabi-dw-5.14.0-39.tar.bz2
 4e8464f56136e8d504ff681ed35676da5f0e5eb6 SOURCES/linux-5.14.0-39.el9.tar.xz
-95b9b811c7b0a6c98b2eafc4e7d6d24f2cb63289 SOURCES/rheldup3.x509
-d90885108d225a234a5a9d054fc80893a5bd54d0 SOURCES/rhelkpatch1.x509
diff --git a/SOURCES/debrand-rh-i686-cpu.patch b/SOURCES/debrand-rh-i686-cpu.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e2e5b8..0000000
--- a/SOURCES/debrand-rh-i686-cpu.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/arch/x86/boot/main.c	2019-03-13 04:04:53.000000000 -0700
-+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main.c	2019-05-25 14:31:21.043272496 -0700
-@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void main(void)
- 
- 	/* Make sure we have all the proper CPU support */
- 	if (validate_cpu()) {
--		puts("This processor is not supported in this version of RHEL.\n");
-+		puts("This processor is not supported in this version of AlmaLinux.\n");
- 		die();
- 	}
- 
diff --git a/SOURCES/debrand-single-cpu.patch b/SOURCES/debrand-single-cpu.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 32b00a5..0000000
--- a/SOURCES/debrand-single-cpu.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c	2019-03-13 04:04:53.000000000 -0700
-+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c	2019-05-27 08:35:54.580595314 -0700
-@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static void rh_check_supported(void)
- 	if (((boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores * smp_num_siblings) == 1) &&
- 	    !guest && is_kdump_kernel()) {
- 		pr_crit("Detected single cpu native boot.\n");
--		pr_crit("Important:  In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, single threaded, single CPU 64-bit physical systems are unsupported by Red Hat. Please contact your Red Hat support representative for a list of certified and supported systems.");
-+		pr_crit("Important:  In AlmaLinux 8, single threaded, single CPU 64-bit physical systems are unsupported. Please see https://www.almalinux.org for more information");
- 	}
- 
- 	/*
diff --git a/SOURCES/linux-kernel-test.patch b/SOURCES/linux-kernel-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/SPECS/kernel.spec b/SPECS/kernel.spec
index 4794914..beb2e8f 100755
--- a/SPECS/kernel.spec
+++ b/SPECS/kernel.spec
@@ -826,9 +826,7 @@ Patch1: patch-%{rpmversion}-redhat.patch
 # empty final patch to facilitate testing of kernel patches
 Patch999999: linux-kernel-test.patch
 
-Patch1000: debrand-single-cpu.patch
 Patch1001: debrand-rh_taint.patch
-Patch1002: debrand-rh-i686-cpu.patch
 
 # END OF PATCH DEFINITIONS
 
@@ -1367,10 +1365,7 @@ cp -a %{SOURCE1} .
 ApplyOptionalPatch patch-%{rpmversion}-redhat.patch
 %endif
 
-ApplyOptionalPatch linux-kernel-test.patch
-ApplyOptionalPatch debrand-single-cpu.patch
 ApplyOptionalPatch debrand-rh_taint.patch
-ApplyOptionalPatch debrand-rh-i686-cpu.patch
 # END OF PATCH APPLICATIONS
 
 # Any further pre-build tree manipulations happen here.