diff --git a/debian/patches/fix-weird-character-in-configure.ac.patch b/debian/patches/fix-weird-character-in-configure.ac.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f0572122e99c545dfba8e1f187084a4e2803f96d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/patches/fix-weird-character-in-configure.ac.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Forwarded: jos@lemmens.nl
-Index: daisy-player/configure.ac
-===================================================================
---- daisy-player.orig/configure.ac
-+++ daisy-player/configure.ac
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- 
- AC_PREREQ([2.69])                                               
- AC_INIT([daisy-player],[11.3],[jos@jlemmens.nl],[],[www.jlemmens.nl])
--AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
-+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
- AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
- AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
- 
diff --git a/debian/patches/pick-up-config.h-in-daisy.h.patch b/debian/patches/pick-up-config.h-in-daisy.h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 498d53668a0311d7843234b1f6d5e84f26083848..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/patches/pick-up-config.h-in-daisy.h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Forwarded: jos@lemmens.nl
-Index: daisy-player/src/daisy.h
-===================================================================
---- daisy-player.orig/src/daisy.h
-+++ daisy-player/src/daisy.h
-@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
- 
- #define _GNU_SOURCE
- 
-+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-+  #include "config.h"
-+#endif
-+
- #include <string.h>
- #include <libgen.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index bb9a98c5be5e094a3728547741cf7400bb16a9f5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-fix-weird-character-in-configure.ac.patch
-pick-up-config.h-in-daisy.h.patch