diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/beast/patch.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/beast/patch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d9f82cf4b4b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/beast/patch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-Index: beast-0.7.1/shell/Makefile.in
-===================================================================
---- beast-0.7.1.orig/shell/Makefile.in
-+++ beast-0.7.1/shell/Makefile.in
-@@ -859,10 +859,7 @@ check-before: check-installation
- check-installation:
- 	@for p in $(bin_PROGRAMS) ; do					\
- 	  pp="$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$p" ;				\
--	  echo "TEST: test -x \"$$pp\"" ;				\
--	  test -x "$$pp" ||						\
--	    { echo "Failed to verify installation of executable: $$pp";	\
--	      exit 1 ; }						\
-+	  echo "TEST: test -x \"$$pp\" Test disabled" ;				\
- 	done
- # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
- # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
-Index: beast-0.7.1/shell/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- beast-0.7.1.orig/shell/Makefile.am
-+++ beast-0.7.1/shell/Makefile.am
-@@ -859,10 +859,7 @@ check-before: check-installation
- check-installation:
- 	@for p in $(bin_PROGRAMS) ; do					\
- 	  pp="$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$p" ;				\
--	  echo "TEST: test -x \"$$pp\"" ;				\
--	  test -x "$$pp" ||						\
--	    { echo "Failed to verify installation of executable: $$pp";	\
--	      exit 1 ; }						\
-+	  echo "TEST: test -x \"$$pp\" Test disabled" ;				\
- 	done
- # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
- # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
-Index: beast-0.7.1/birnet/birnettests.h
-===================================================================
---- beast-0.7.1.orig/birnet/birnettests.h
-+++ beast-0.7.1/birnet/birnettests.h
-@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
- 
- #include <glib.h>
- #include <string.h>
-+#include <signal.h>
- 
- BIRNET_EXTERN_C_BEGIN();
- 
-Index: beast-0.7.1/tools/bseloopfuncs.c
-===================================================================
---- beast-0.7.1.orig/tools/bseloopfuncs.c
-+++ beast-0.7.1/tools/bseloopfuncs.c
-@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
- #include <string.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <math.h>
-+#include <signal.h>
- 
- typedef struct {
-   gdouble score;
---- beast-0.7.1.orig/bse/Makefile.am	2008-06-01 13:12:28.116708321 +0200
-+++ beast-0.7.1/bse/Makefile.am	2008-06-01 13:12:40.000000000 +0200
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- # need -I$(top_builddir) for <sfi/sficonfig.h>
- # need -I$(srcdir) for "bseserver.h" in .genprc.c
- # need -I. (builddir) for "bsecore.genidl.hh" in bsecore.cc
--INCLUDES += -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) -I$(srcdir) -I. $(BSE_CFLAGS) -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DG_DISABLE_CONST_RETURNS
-+INCLUDES += -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) -I$(srcdir) -I. $(BSE_CFLAGS) -DG_DISABLE_CONST_RETURNS
- DEFS     += $(strip \
- 	$(patsubst %, -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"BSE\" -DBSE_COMPILATION, \
- 	              $(filter $(<F), $(bse_sources) $(bse_sources))) \
---- beast-0.7.1.orig/bse/zintern/Makefile.am	2008-06-01 13:14:25.880028999 +0200
-+++ beast-0.7.1/bse/zintern/Makefile.am	2008-06-01 13:14:38.000000000 +0200
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- ## GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 or any later version.
- include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.decl
- 
--INCLUDES += -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) $(BSE_CFLAGS) -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DG_DISABLE_CONST_RETURNS
-+INCLUDES += -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) $(BSE_CFLAGS) -DG_DISABLE_CONST_RETURNS
- 
- ZFILE_DEFS = $(strip \
- 	wave-mono		$(srcdir)/wave-mono.bse		\
---- a/configure.in	2008-06-01 15:19:46.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/configure.in	2008-06-01 15:27:45.000000000 +0200
-@@ -159,39 +159,33 @@
- dnl # Define package requirements.
- dnl #
- dnl ## include acintltool.m4 to provide IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
--builtin(include, acintltool.m4)dnl
--AC_DEFUN([AC_I18N_REQUIREMENTS],
--[
--    ALL_LINGUAS=`cat "$srcdir/po/LINGUAS" | grep -v '^#' | xargs echo -n `
--    AC_SUBST(ALL_LINGUAS)
--    AC_SUBST([CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES], ['$(top_srcdir)/po/LINGUAS'])
--
--    dnl # versioned BEAST gettext domain (po/)
--    BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN=beast-v$BIN_VERSION    # version without -rcZ
--    AC_SUBST(BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN)
--    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN, "$BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN", [Versioned BEAST gettext domain])
--    GETTEXT_PACKAGE=$BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN
--    AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
--
--    dnl # locale directory for all domains
--    dnl # (AM_GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR() could do this if it would do AC_SUBST())
--    saved_prefix="$prefix"
--    saved_exec_prefix="$exec_prefix"
--    test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix=$ac_default_prefix
--    test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix=$prefix
--    if test "x$CATOBJEXT" = "x.mo" ; then
--      beastlocaledir=`eval echo "${libdir}/locale"`
--    else
--      beastlocaledir=`eval echo "${datadir}/locale"`
--    fi
--    exec_prefix="$saved_exec_prefix"
--    prefix="$saved_prefix"
--    AC_SUBST(beastlocaledir)
--
--    dnl # do gettext checks and prepare for intltool
--    AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
--    IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
--])
-+IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35.0])
-+
-+dnl # versioned BEAST gettext domain (po/)
-+BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN=beast-v$BIN_VERSION    # version without -rcZ
-+AC_SUBST(BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN)
-+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN, "$BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN", [Versioned BEAST gettext domain])
-+GETTEXT_PACKAGE=$BST_GETTEXT_DOMAIN
-+AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
-+
-+dnl # locale directory for all domains
-+dnl # (AM_GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR() could do this if it would do AC_SUBST())
-+saved_prefix="$prefix"
-+saved_exec_prefix="$exec_prefix"
-+test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix=$ac_default_prefix
-+test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix=$prefix
-+if test "x$CATOBJEXT" = "x.mo" ; then
-+  beastlocaledir=`eval echo "${libdir}/locale"`
-+else
-+  beastlocaledir=`eval echo "${datadir}/locale"`
-+fi
-+exec_prefix="$saved_exec_prefix"
-+prefix="$saved_prefix"
-+AC_SUBST(beastlocaledir)
-+
-+dnl # do gettext checks and prepare for intltool
-+AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
-+
- AC_DEFUN([AC_SFI_REQUIREMENTS],
- [
-     dnl # check for GLib libs, libbirnet already provides gthread-2.0 and glib-2.0
-@@ -570,7 +564,6 @@
- AC_BIRNET_REQUIREMENTS
- 
- # Check requirement sets
--AC_I18N_REQUIREMENTS
- AC_SFI_REQUIREMENTS
- AC_BSE_REQUIREMENTS
- AC_BSESCM_REQUIREMENTS
---- a/po/POTFILES.in	2008-06-22 15:12:10.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/po/POTFILES.in	2008-06-22 15:13:28.000000000 +0200
-@@ -131,3 +131,29 @@
- plugins/davxtalstrings.c
- plugins/freeverb/bsefreeverb.c
- tools/bsewavetool.cc
-+
-+beast-gtk/bstgentypes.c
-+birnet/birnetcpu.cc
-+birnet/birnetutils.hh
-+bse/bsebus.genprc.c
-+bse/bsebusmodule.genidl.hh
-+bse/bsecontainer.genprc.c
-+bse/bsecore.genidl.hh
-+bse/bseieee754.h
-+bse/bseladspamodule.c
-+bse/bseparasite.genprc.c
-+bse/bsesong.genprc.c
-+bse/bsesource.genprc.c
-+bse/bsetrack.genprc.c
-+plugins/artscompressor.genidl.hh
-+plugins/bseamplifier.genidl.hh
-+plugins/bsebalance.genidl.hh
-+plugins/bsecontribsampleandhold.genidl.hh
-+plugins/bsenoise.genidl.hh
-+plugins/bsequantizer.genidl.hh
-+plugins/bsesummation.genidl.hh
-+plugins/davbassfilter.genidl.hh
-+plugins/davchorus.genidl.hh
-+plugins/standardguspatchenvelope.genidl.hh
-+plugins/standardsaturator.genidl.hh
-+tests/latency/bselatencytest.genidl.hh
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/backup/areca/fix-javah-bug.diff b/pkgs/applications/backup/areca/fix-javah-bug.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d5feaf9b943..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/backup/areca/fix-javah-bug.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
-index 1ba08e0..9248b76 100644
---- a/build.xml
-+++ b/build.xml
-@@ -56,10 +56,16 @@
-
-     <target name="compilejni" unless="isWindows">
-         <description>JNI compilation task (builds libarecafs.so ... for unix-like operating systems only)</description>
-+
-         <!--Generate the JNI header-->
--        <javah destdir="${root}/jni" force="yes" classpath="${root}/lib/areca.jar">
--            <class name="com.myJava.file.metadata.posix.jni.wrapper.FileAccessWrapper"/>
--        </javah>
-+	<exec executable="javah">
-+		<arg value="-d"/>
-+		<arg value="${root}/jni"/>
-+		<arg value="-force"/>
-+		<arg value="-classpath"/>
-+		<arg value="${root}/lib/areca.jar"/>
-+		<arg value="com.myJava.file.metadata.posix.jni.wrapper.FileAccessWrapper"/>
-+	</exec>
-
-         <!-- Compile the JNI code -->
-         <exec dir="${root}/jni" executable="gcc">