diff --git a/tk-8.3.5-tclm4-soname.patch b/tk-8.3.5-tclm4-soname.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cf21b8..0000000
--- a/tk-8.3.5-tclm4-soname.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -u tk8.3.5/unix/tcl.m4~ tk8.3.5/unix/tcl.m4
---- tk8.3.5/unix/tcl.m4~	2003-01-14 21:22:12.000000000 +0900
-+++ tk8.3.5/unix/tcl.m4	2003-01-14 21:22:12.000000000 +0900
-@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
- 	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
- 
- 	    if test "$have_dl" = yes; then
--		SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
-+		SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared -Wl,-soname,${@}'
- 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
- 		DL_LIBS="-ldl"
- 		LDFLAGS="-rdynamic"
diff --git a/tk-8.4-no_rpath.patch b/tk-8.4-no_rpath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 89aafb5..0000000
--- a/tk-8.4-no_rpath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- tk8.4.7/unix/tcl.m4.no_rpath	2003-12-01 14:50:28.000000000 +0100
-+++ tk8.4.7/unix/tcl.m4	2003-12-01 14:50:31.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
- 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
- 		DL_LIBS="-ldl"
- 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
--		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
-+		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=''
- 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
- 	    else
- 		AC_CHECK_HEADER(dld.h, [
diff --git a/tk-8.4.13-cflags.patch b/tk-8.4.13-cflags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 63c0bf8..0000000
--- a/tk-8.4.13-cflags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- tk8.5a5/unix/tcl.m4.5-cflags	2006-12-19 15:09:26.000000000 +0100
-+++ tk8.5a5/unix/tcl.m4	2006-12-19 15:14:17.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@
- 	    # get rid of the warnings.
- 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
- 
--	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared -Wl,-soname,${@}'
-+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} -shared -Wl,-soname,${@}'
- 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
- 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
- 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
-@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@
- 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
- 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
- 
--	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
-+	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} ${CFLAGS} -shared"
- 	    DL_OBJS=""
- 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
- 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"