diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn/avoid_AM_PROG_MKDIR_P_warning_error_with_automake_1.12.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn/avoid_AM_PROG_MKDIR_P_warning_error_with_automake_1.12.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 43bd232944..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn/avoid_AM_PROG_MKDIR_P_warning_error_with_automake_1.12.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-From cdd9e2e960eeb4eda7b08f0113d0cd03524c1d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:44:30 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] libidn: fix build with automake 1.12
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
-
-automake 1.12.x has deprecated AM_PROG_MKDIR_P , and throws a warning for that,
-and the warnings are treated as errors because of the -Werror parameter.
-
-These AM_PROG_MKDIR_P are coming from gettext, and the latest gettext code has not
-eliminated these deprecated macros yet. So disable the treatment of warnings
-as errors until gettext is updated to remove the deprecated macros.
-
-Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
-2012/07/10
-
----
- configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 261dad2..c4f935e 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ AC_INIT([GNU Libidn], [1.34], [bug-libidn@gnu.org])
- AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
- AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
- AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
--AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 -Wall -Werror -Wno-override])
-+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 -Wall -Wno-override])
- m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
- 
- # Library code modified:                              REVISION++
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn/libidn_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn/libidn_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c0559e34f..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn/libidn_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From d4f64b78419139eda3c0e1c6ee116bb5f70ea67c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
-Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 18:05:19 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] libtasn1: fix build with automake 1.12
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-This patch fixes following issue with automake 1.12
-
-| automake: warnings are treated as errors
-| /srv/home/nitin/builds/build-gcc47/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/share/automake-1.12/am/ltlibrary.am: warning: 'libidn.la': linking libtool libraries using a non-POSIX
-| /srv/home/nitin/builds/build-gcc47/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/share/automake-1.12/am/ltlibrary.am: archiver requires 'AM_PROG_AR' in 'configure.ac'
-
-Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
-2012/05/03
-
----
- configure.ac | 4 ++++
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 8297649..7b9626e 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ AC_SUBST(LT_CURRENT, 18)
- AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION, 0)
- AC_SUBST(LT_AGE, 6)
- 
-+# automake 1.12 seems to require this, but automake 1.11 doesn't recognize it
-+m4_pattern_allow([AM_PROG_AR])
-+AM_PROG_AR
-+
- AC_PROG_CC
- gl_EARLY
- lgl_EARLY
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_1.35.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_1.35.bb
index d5ce5b46bd..105740354c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_1.35.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_1.35.bb
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ DEPENDS = "virtual/libiconv autoconf-archive"
 inherit pkgconfig autotools gettext texinfo gtk-doc
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/libidn/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://libidn_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch \
-           file://avoid_AM_PROG_MKDIR_P_warning_error_with_automake_1.12.patch \
            file://dont-depend-on-help2man.patch \
            file://0001-idn-format-security-warnings.patch \
            "