diff --git a/0001-config-support-System-z.patch b/0001-config-support-System-z.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 051d1b1..0000000
--- a/0001-config-support-System-z.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 0e8ebbe59093e01323251aa554826a675ccc9791 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 14:13:40 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] config: support System z
-
----
- gst/gstconfig.h.in | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/gst/gstconfig.h.in b/gst/gstconfig.h.in
-index 1a96e98..07c9114 100644
---- a/gst/gstconfig.h.in
-+++ b/gst/gstconfig.h.in
-@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
-  */
- #if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__bfin) || defined(__hppa__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__sh__) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sparc) || defined(__ia64__) || defined(_M_ALPHA) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_IA64)
- #  define GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 0
--#elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__i386) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(__amd64) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__ppc64__) || defined(__m68k__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64)
-+#elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__i386) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(__amd64) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__ppc64__) || defined(__m68k__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__zarch__)
- #  define GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 1
- #else
- #  error "Could not detect architecture; don't know whether it supports unaligned access! Please file a bug."
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/gst-1.9.2-fix-ppc.patch b/gst-1.9.2-fix-ppc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fe22ca..0000000
--- a/gst-1.9.2-fix-ppc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 0abb6e1a42332335c139a44b86054c0d8df2541f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 09:50:17 +0200
-Subject: config: newer gcc doesn't know __ppc__ and __ppc64__ anymore
-
-__ppc__ and __ppc64__ are non-standard defines, we should use
-__powerpc__ and __powerpc64__ instead because newer gcc doesn't know
-them anymore.
-
-diff --git a/gst/gstconfig.h.in b/gst/gstconfig.h.in
-index 07c9114..25b50f2 100644
---- a/gst/gstconfig.h.in
-+++ b/gst/gstconfig.h.in
-@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
-  */
- #if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__bfin) || defined(__hppa__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__sh__) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sparc) || defined(__ia64__) || defined(_M_ALPHA) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_IA64)
- #  define GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 0
--#elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__i386) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(__amd64) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__ppc64__) || defined(__m68k__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__zarch__)
-+#elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__i386) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(__amd64) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__ppc64__) || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(__m68k__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__zarch__)
- #  define GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 1
- #else
- #  error "Could not detect architecture; don't know whether it supports unaligned access! Please file a bug."
--- 
-cgit v0.10.2
-
diff --git a/gstreamer1.spec b/gstreamer1.spec
index ba1386a..02ac0b8 100644
--- a/gstreamer1.spec
+++ b/gstreamer1.spec
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ Source0:        http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-%{versi
 %endif
 ## For GStreamer RPM provides
 Patch0:         gstreamer-inspect-rpm-format.patch
-Patch1:         0001-config-support-System-z.patch
-Patch2:         gst-1.9.2-fix-ppc.patch
 Source1:        gstreamer1.prov
 Source2:        gstreamer1.attr
 
@@ -94,8 +92,6 @@ GStreamer streaming media framework.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n gstreamer-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .rpm-provides
-%patch1 -p1 -b .patch1
-%patch2 -p1 -b .ppc
 
 
 %build
@@ -220,6 +216,7 @@ install -m0644 -D %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_rpmconfigdir}/fileattrs/gstreamer
 %changelog
 * Fri Sep 30 2016 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> - 1.9.90-1
 - Update to 1.9.90
+- remove obsolete patches
 
 * Thu Sep  8 2016 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1.9.2-3
 - fix build on Power64