diff --git a/debian/patches/automake-foreign.patch b/debian/patches/automake-foreign.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b00af1..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/automake-foreign.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Description: automake must be 'foreign' if there is no README,...
-Author: IOhannes m zmölnig
-Last-Update: 2017-06-19
----
-This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
---- frei0r.orig/configure.ac
-+++ frei0r/configure.ac
-@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- AC_INIT(frei0r-plugins, [1.5.0], [frei0r-devel@dyne.org])
- AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
- 
--AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
-+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
- 
- # Checks for programs.
- AC_PROG_CXX
diff --git a/debian/patches/docs_DATA.patch b/debian/patches/docs_DATA.patch
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index d84dbb9..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/docs_DATA.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Description: Fixed files enumerated in Makefile.am
- docs_DATA lists a few files without the .txt extension
-Author: IOhannes m zmölnig
----
-This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
---- frei0r.orig/Makefile.am
-+++ frei0r/Makefile.am
-@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
- pkgconfig_DATA = frei0r.pc
- 
- docsdir = ${prefix}/share/doc/${PACKAGE}
--docs_DATA = README ChangeLog TODO AUTHORS 
-+docs_DATA = README.txt ChangeLog.txt TODO.txt AUTHORS.txt
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
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index 216d7e8..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-automake-foreign.patch
-docs_DATA.patch