diff --git a/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-cflags-ldflags.patch b/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-cflags-ldflags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 639990fe..00000000
--- a/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-cflags-ldflags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-commit afadc8d05674a0e3e2fcf6dfbcf5f3c8f9133119
-Author: Julian Ospald <hasufell@hasufell.de>
-Date:   Sun May 18 19:32:59 2014 +0200
-Upstream: yes, https://github.com/wbhart/flint2/commit/afadc8d05674a0e3e2fcf6dfbcf5f3c8f9133119
-
-    Respect CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS, fixes #66
-    
-    Even in linking command CFLAGS should be respected, no matter
-    if all objects have already been compiled or not. Some flags
-    affect both linking and object compilation and users shouldn't
-    be required to figure them out. This is standard in most build
-    systems anyway.
-    
-    Reorderd the linker line a bit, so it matches common practice,
-    although this doesn't matter technically (except that LDFLAGS
-    must go before libraries we link against).
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
-index a522ac1..6dda689 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ $(FLINT_LIB): $(LOBJS) $(LIB_SOURCES) $(EXT_SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(EXT_HEADERS) |
- 	$(AT)$(foreach dir, $(BUILD_DIRS), mkdir -p build/$(dir); BUILD_DIR=../build/$(dir); export BUILD_DIR; MOD_DIR=$(dir); export MOD_DIR; $(MAKE) -f ../Makefile.subdirs -C $(dir) shared || exit $$?;)
- 	$(AT)if [ "$(WANT_NTL)" -eq "1" ]; then \
- 	  $(MAKE) build/interfaces/NTL-interface.lo; \
--	  $(CXX) $(ABI_FLAG) -shared $(EXTRA_SHARED_FLAGS) build/interfaces/NTL-interface.lo $(LOBJS) $(MOD_LOBJS) $(EXT_OBJS) $(LIBS2) -o $(FLINT_LIB); \
-+	  $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(ABI_FLAG) -shared $(EXTRA_SHARED_FLAGS) build/interfaces/NTL-interface.lo $(LOBJS) $(MOD_LOBJS) $(EXT_OBJS) -o $(FLINT_LIB) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS2); \
- 	fi
- 	$(AT)if [ "$(WANT_NTL)" -ne "1" ]; then \
--	  $(CC) $(ABI_FLAG) -shared $(EXTRA_SHARED_FLAGS) $(LOBJS) $(MOD_LOBJS) $(EXT_OBJS) $(LIBS2) -o $(FLINT_LIB); \
-+	  $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(ABI_FLAG) -shared $(EXTRA_SHARED_FLAGS) $(LOBJS) $(MOD_LOBJS) $(EXT_OBJS) -o $(FLINT_LIB) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS2); \
- 	fi
- 
- libflint.a: $(OBJS) $(LIB_SOURCES) $(EXT_SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(EXT_HEADERS) | build build/interfaces
diff --git a/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-libdir.patch b/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-libdir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c4b9e6d4..00000000
--- a/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-libdir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-From 27eb23c1844029ee64907500bd8aa87097ffcd32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Julian Ospald <hasufell@hasufell.de>
-Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:46:24 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Allow to control LIBDIR
-Upstream: yes, https://github.com/wbhart/flint2/commit/27eb23c1844029ee64907500bd8aa87097ffcd32
-
-Some distributions have lib32/lib64 and need to control
-the destination properly.
----
- Makefile.in | 8 +++++---
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
-index c16f838..b6ea4c9 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ else
-   $(DLPATH):=$(DLPATH_ADD)
- endif
- 
-+LIBDIR=lib
-+
- QUIET_CC  = @echo '   ' CC  ' ' $@;
- QUIET_CXX = @echo '   ' CXX ' ' $@;
- QUIET_AR  = @echo '   ' AR  ' ' $@;
-@@ -169,13 +171,13 @@ else
- endif
- 
- install: library
--	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib
-+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint
- 	$(AT)if [ "$(FLINT_SHARED)" -eq "1" ]; then \
--		cp $(FLINT_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib; \
-+		cp $(FLINT_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR); \
- 	fi
- 	$(AT)if [ "$(FLINT_STATIC)" -eq "1" ]; then \
--		cp libflint.a $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib; \
-+		cp libflint.a $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR); \
- 	fi
- 	cp $(HEADERS) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint
- 	$(AT)if [ ! -z $(EXT_HEADERS) ]; then \
--- 
-1.9.3
-
diff --git a/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-test.patch b/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e660f0c0..00000000
--- a/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-commit 5e3d4a0504158f70d227e7cfc03985fe9a646797
-Author: Julian Ospald <hasufell@hasufell.de>
-Date:   Wed Jul 2 12:58:50 2014 +0200
-Upstream: yes, https://github.com/wbhart/flint2/commit/5e3d4a0504158f70d227e7cfc03985fe9a646797
-
-    Fix NTL test build
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
-index 6dda689..e9de7da 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ build/interfaces/NTL-interface.o: interfaces/NTL-interface.cpp NTL-interface.h
- 	$(QUIET_CXX) $(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(INCS) -c $< -o $@;
- 
- build/interfaces/test/t-NTL-interface$(EXEEXT): interfaces/test/t-NTL-interface.cpp
--	$(QUIET_CXX) $(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(INCS) $< build/interfaces/NTL-interface.o -o $@ $(LIBS);
-+	$(QUIET_CXX) $(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(INCS) $< build/interfaces/NTL-interface.lo -o $@ $(LIBS);
- 
- print-%:
- 	@echo '$*=$($*)'
diff --git a/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-whitespaces.patch b/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-whitespaces.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e1ff3e10..00000000
--- a/packages/sci-mathematics/flint/files/flint-2.4.4-whitespaces.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-From 3506d617ef9dfc5184aa99be05a25e4f73d6c3f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Julian Ospald <hasufell@hasufell.de>
-Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:47:27 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Quote variables that could contain whitespaces
-Upstream: yes, https://github.com/wbhart/flint2/commit/3506d617ef9dfc5184aa99be05a25e4f73d6c3f6
-
-Make does NOT take care of this in this context. It's
-not a variable assignment and installation would fail
-if DESTDIR contains any whitespace.
----
- Makefile.in | 22 +++++++++++-----------
- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
-index b6ea4c9..a522ac1 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -171,23 +171,23 @@ else
- endif
- 
- install: library
--	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)
--	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint
-+	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)"
-+	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint"
- 	$(AT)if [ "$(FLINT_SHARED)" -eq "1" ]; then \
--		cp $(FLINT_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR); \
-+		cp $(FLINT_LIB) "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)"; \
- 	fi
- 	$(AT)if [ "$(FLINT_STATIC)" -eq "1" ]; then \
--		cp libflint.a $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR); \
-+		cp libflint.a "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)"; \
- 	fi
--	cp $(HEADERS) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint
-+	cp $(HEADERS) "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint"
- 	$(AT)if [ ! -z $(EXT_HEADERS) ]; then \
--		cp $(EXT_HEADERS) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint; \
-+		cp $(EXT_HEADERS) "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint"; \
- 	fi
--	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(FLINT_CPIMPORT_DIR)
--	cp qadic/CPimport.txt $(DESTDIR)$(FLINT_CPIMPORT_DIR)
--	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint/flintxx
--	cp flintxx/*.h $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint/flintxx
--	cp *xx.h $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint
-+	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(FLINT_CPIMPORT_DIR)"
-+	cp qadic/CPimport.txt "$(DESTDIR)$(FLINT_CPIMPORT_DIR)"
-+	mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint/flintxx"
-+	cp flintxx/*.h "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint/flintxx"
-+	cp *xx.h "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/flint"
- 
- build:
- 	mkdir -p build
--- 
-1.9.3
-