diff --git a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-2.3.1.ebuild b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-2.3.1.ebuild
index 9f81394be0262..1e486dbbe8a3b 100644
--- a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-2.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-2.3.1.ebuild
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.2.3-soname.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.2.3-bashcomp-path.patch" # bug 641866
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.3.0-curl.patch" # bug 659840
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.3.1-poppler-0.69.0.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.3.1-poppler-0.71.0.patch" # bug 674556
+	# fixed in 2.4.0:
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-poppler-0.69.0.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-poppler-0.71.0.patch" # bug 674556
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
@@ -120,10 +121,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 	default
 
-	# not upstreamable, not fixed in 2.4.0 or master as of 2019-01-12:
-	has_version ">=app-text/poppler-0.72.0" && eapply "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.3.1-poppler-0.72.0.patch"
-	# not upstreamable, not fixed in 2.4.0 or master as of 2019-01-16:
-	has_version ">=app-text/poppler-0.73.0" && eapply "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.3.1-poppler-0.73.0.patch"
+	# fixed in git master or what will become 2.4.1:
+	has_version ">=app-text/poppler-0.72.0" && eapply "${FILESDIR}/${P}-poppler-0.72.0.patch"
+	has_version ">=app-text/poppler-0.73.0" && eapply "${FILESDIR}/${P}-poppler-0.73.0.patch"
 
 	eautoreconf
 }