diff --git a/added-virtual-destructors-for-classes-with-virtual-m.patch b/added-virtual-destructors-for-classes-with-virtual-m.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e313b34..0000000
--- a/added-virtual-destructors-for-classes-with-virtual-m.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-From 65f37adf3bf79cd61f88004b589ed8a5e6a0e1c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:52:48 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] added virtual destructors for classes with virtual methods
-
----
- include/xmlrpc-c/registry.hpp     |    1 +
- include/xmlrpc-c/server_abyss.hpp |    1 +
- src/cpp/registry.cpp              |    5 +++++
- src/cpp/server_abyss.cpp          |    3 +++
- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/include/xmlrpc-c/registry.hpp b/include/xmlrpc-c/registry.hpp
-index 4b2660d..e5e6b5e 100644
---- a/include/xmlrpc-c/registry.hpp
-+++ b/include/xmlrpc-c/registry.hpp
-@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ public:
- 
-     class shutdown {
-     public:
-+	virtual ~shutdown();
-         virtual void
-         doit(std::string const& comment,
-              void *      const  callInfo) const = 0;
-diff --git a/include/xmlrpc-c/server_abyss.hpp b/include/xmlrpc-c/server_abyss.hpp
-index d74dacd..2fc9813 100644
---- a/include/xmlrpc-c/server_abyss.hpp
-+++ b/include/xmlrpc-c/server_abyss.hpp
-@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public:
-     class shutdown : public xmlrpc_c::registry::shutdown {
-     public:
-         shutdown(xmlrpc_c::serverAbyss * const severAbyssP);
-+	virtual ~shutdown();
-         void doit(std::string const& comment, void * const callInfo) const;
-     private:
-         xmlrpc_c::serverAbyss * const serverAbyssP;
-diff --git a/src/cpp/registry.cpp b/src/cpp/registry.cpp
-index 8f8302b..8edc061 100644
---- a/src/cpp/registry.cpp
-+++ b/src/cpp/registry.cpp
-@@ -423,3 +423,8 @@ registry::c_registry() const {
- }
- 
- }  // namespace
-+
-+
-+registry::shutdown::~shutdown()
-+{
-+}
-diff --git a/src/cpp/server_abyss.cpp b/src/cpp/server_abyss.cpp
-index 8c567c4..afc030e 100644
---- a/src/cpp/server_abyss.cpp
-+++ b/src/cpp/server_abyss.cpp
-@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ public:
- serverAbyss::shutdown::shutdown(serverAbyss * const serverAbyssP) :
-     serverAbyssP(serverAbyssP) {}
- 
-+serverAbyss::shutdown::~shutdown() 
-+{
-+}
- 
- 
- void
--- 
-1.5.4.1
-
diff --git a/fixed-extra-classname-specification.patch b/fixed-extra-classname-specification.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c9bfe08..0000000
--- a/fixed-extra-classname-specification.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 9aced7f1435d1277ea4aea13790da3691b3dc8e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:04:17 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] fixed extra classname specification
-
----
- tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpcMethod.hpp |    2 +-
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpcMethod.hpp b/tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpcMethod.hpp
-index 24e01a8..2768997 100644
---- a/tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpcMethod.hpp
-+++ b/tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpcMethod.hpp
-@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public:
-                  std::string           const& help,
-                  xmlrpc_c::value_array const& signatureList);
- 
--    xmlrpcMethod::xmlrpcMethod(xmlrpcMethod const& f);
-+    xmlrpcMethod(xmlrpcMethod const& f);
- 
-     xmlrpcMethod& operator= (xmlrpcMethod const& f);
-     
--- 
-1.5.4.1
-
diff --git a/gcc43.patch b/gcc43.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2817356..0000000
--- a/gcc43.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-From 9f1b75c40a43b197bfd85f92f72d977c4567bfc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:45:15 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] gcc43
-
----
- examples/cpp/asynch_client.cpp              |    1 +
- examples/cpp/pstream_client.cpp             |    1 +
- src/cpp/packetsocket.cpp                    |    1 +
- tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy.cpp |    1 +
- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/examples/cpp/asynch_client.cpp b/examples/cpp/asynch_client.cpp
-index c5060d3..52dc3d1 100644
---- a/examples/cpp/asynch_client.cpp
-+++ b/examples/cpp/asynch_client.cpp
-@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
- =============================================================================*/
- 
- #include <cassert>
-+#include <cstdlib>
- #include <string>
- #include <iostream>
- #include <xmlrpc-c/girerr.hpp>
-diff --git a/examples/cpp/pstream_client.cpp b/examples/cpp/pstream_client.cpp
-index ec1a808..43e5700 100644
---- a/examples/cpp/pstream_client.cpp
-+++ b/examples/cpp/pstream_client.cpp
-@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
- =============================================================================*/
- 
- #include <cassert>
-+#include <cstdlib>
- #include <string>
- #include <iostream>
- #include <unistd.h>
-diff --git a/src/cpp/packetsocket.cpp b/src/cpp/packetsocket.cpp
-index 4dd8567..2e314bc 100644
---- a/src/cpp/packetsocket.cpp
-+++ b/src/cpp/packetsocket.cpp
-@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
- #include <iostream>
- #include <sstream>
- #include <cstdio>
-+#include <cstdlib>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>
-diff --git a/tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy.cpp b/tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy.cpp
-index fefae80..7ec8a47 100644
---- a/tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy.cpp
-+++ b/tools/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy/xmlrpc_cpp_proxy.cpp
-@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
- #include <iostream>
- #include <stdexcept>
-+#include <cstdlib>
- 
- #include "xmlrpcType.hpp"
- #include "xmlrpcMethod.hpp"
--- 
-1.5.4.1
-