diff --git a/0001-format-Allow-virt-format-test-to-be-skipped-by-setti.patch b/0001-format-Allow-virt-format-test-to-be-skipped-by-setti.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d29a95..0000000
--- a/0001-format-Allow-virt-format-test-to-be-skipped-by-setti.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 0fa4a5cb0503e28b836d62ec80d1bd93ca31422b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
-Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:05:15 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] format: Allow virt-format test to be skipped by setting
- SKIP_TEST_VIRT_FORMAT_SH=1.
-
----
- format/test-virt-format.sh | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/format/test-virt-format.sh b/format/test-virt-format.sh
-index 2035e67..a6f81e0 100755
---- a/format/test-virt-format.sh
-+++ b/format/test-virt-format.sh
-@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
- 
- set -e
- 
-+if [ -n "$SKIP_TEST_VIRT_FORMAT_SH" ]; then
-+    echo "$0: test skipped because environment variable is set."
-+    exit 77
-+fi
-+
- rm -f test1.img
- 
- ../fish/guestfish -N bootrootlv exit
--- 
-1.7.11.4
-
diff --git a/0001-tests-wipefs-Don-t-try-to-wipe-mounted-filesystem.patch b/0001-tests-wipefs-Don-t-try-to-wipe-mounted-filesystem.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 12dd3e0..0000000
--- a/0001-tests-wipefs-Don-t-try-to-wipe-mounted-filesystem.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 6ac943fbef4fa8386da456048f856a387f941fc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
-Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 10:10:12 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] tests: wipefs: Don't try to wipe mounted filesystem.
-
-Previously wipefs (the utility) allowed this, but it's obviously a bad
-thing to do and the new wipefs gives an error if you try it:
-
-wipefs: error: /dev/VG/LV: probing initialization failed: Device or resource busy
----
- generator/actions.ml | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/generator/actions.ml b/generator/actions.ml
-index 5c3de52..65d2785 100644
---- a/generator/actions.ml
-+++ b/generator/actions.ml
-@@ -8967,7 +8967,8 @@ is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string." };
-     optional = Some "wipefs";
-     tests = [
-       InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestRun (
--        [["wipefs"; "/dev/VG/LV"]])
-+        [["umount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; ""; ""];
-+         ["wipefs"; "/dev/VG/LV"]])
-     ];
-     shortdesc = "wipe a filesystem signature from a device";
-     longdesc = "\
--- 
-1.7.11.4
-
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 6694bf1..eb8a7e2 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ Patch2:        libguestfs-1.19.2-remove-udev-from-packagelist.patch
 # on i386 only.  This works around a bug in 32-bit qemu (RHBZ#857026).
 Patch3:        0001-i386-Add-noapic-flag-to-work-around-a-qemu-or-kernel.patch
 
-# Upstream patch to fix wipefs test.
-Patch4:        0001-tests-wipefs-Don-t-try-to-wipe-mounted-filesystem.patch
-
-# Upstream patch to allow skipping the virt-format test.
-Patch5:        0001-format-Allow-virt-format-test-to-be-skipped-by-setti.patch
-
 %if 0%{?rhel} >= 7
 ExclusiveArch: x86_64
 %endif
@@ -701,8 +695,6 @@ autoreconf -i
 %endif
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
-%patch4 -p1
-%patch5 -p1
 
 mkdir -p daemon/m4