diff --git a/libraries/ftgl/patches/gcc47.patch b/libraries/ftgl/patches/gcc47.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d8af850acf..0000000000
--- a/libraries/ftgl/patches/gcc47.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur ftgl-2.1.3~rc5.orig/test/Makefile.am ftgl-2.1.3~rc5/test/Makefile.am
---- ftgl-2.1.3~rc5.orig/test/Makefile.am	2008-06-02 03:10:10.000000000 +0200
-+++ ftgl-2.1.3~rc5/test/Makefile.am	2012-04-01 06:59:36.523040292 +0200
-@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
- 
- CXXTest_CXXFLAGS = $(FT2_CFLAGS) $(GL_CFLAGS)
- CXXTest_LDFLAGS = $(FT2_LIBS) $(GLUT_LIBS) -lcppunit
--CXXTest_LDADD = ../src/libftgl.la
-+CXXTest_LDADD = ../src/libftgl.la -lm
- 
- CTest_SOURCES = \
-     CTest.c \
diff --git a/libraries/ftgl/patches/nopdfdocs.patch b/libraries/ftgl/patches/nopdfdocs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e938665bad..0000000000
--- a/libraries/ftgl/patches/nopdfdocs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.old    2008-11-21 14:41:15.000000000 +0100
-+++ configure.ac        2008-11-21 14:44:19.000000000 +0100
-@@ -64,19 +64,11 @@
- CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs"
- 
- # Build HTML documentatin?
--AC_PATH_PROG(DOXYGEN, doxygen, no)
-+DOXYGEN="no"
- AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DOXYGEN, test "x$DOXYGEN" != "xno")
- 
- # Build PDF documentation?
--AC_PATH_PROG(LATEX, pdflatex, no)
--AC_PATH_PROG(KPSEWHICH, kpsewhich, no)
--AC_PATH_PROG(DVIPS, dvips, no)
--AC_PATH_PROG(CONVERT, convert, no)
--AC_PATH_PROG(EPSTOPDF, epstopdf, no)
--if test "${DVIPS}" = "no" -o "${KPSEWHICH}" = "no" -o "${EPSTOPDF}" = "no" \
--     -o "${CONVERT}" = "no"; then
-   LATEX="no"
--fi
- if test "x${LATEX}" != "xno"; then
-   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for a4.sty and a4wide.sty)
-   if "${KPSEWHICH}" a4.sty >/dev/null 2>&1; then
diff --git a/libraries/ftgl/patches/spam.patch b/libraries/ftgl/patches/spam.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f3dbbd227..0000000000
--- a/libraries/ftgl/patches/spam.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur ftgl-2.1.3~rc5.orig/Makefile.am ftgl-2.1.3~rc5/Makefile.am
---- ftgl-2.1.3~rc5.orig/Makefile.am	2008-05-12 20:04:08.000000000 +0200
-+++ ftgl-2.1.3~rc5/Makefile.am	2012-04-01 07:09:50.727996032 +0200
-@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
- 
- # Print out an informative summary.
- all-local:
--	@$(ECHO) "Done."
--	@$(ECHO)
--	@if test "x$(MAKECMDGOALS)" = "xall-am" -o "x$(.TARGETS)" = "xall-am" -o "x$(MAKECMDGOALS)" = "x" -o "x$(.TARGETS)" = "x" ; then \
--	  $(ECHO) "---" ;\
--	  $(ECHO) "Run 'make install' to begin installation into $(prefix)" ;\
--	fi
- 	@$(ECHO)
- 
- # Upload documentation