diff --git a/dev-perl/PDL/files/PDL-2.4.3-PIC.patch b/dev-perl/PDL/files/PDL-2.4.3-PIC.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ee6db253e4c26..0000000000000
--- a/dev-perl/PDL/files/PDL-2.4.3-PIC.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Lib/Slatec/Makefile.PL	2007-09-11 18:30:14.000000000 +0200
-+++ Lib/Slatec/Makefile.PL	2007-09-11 18:28:55.000000000 +0200
-@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
- ("
- 
- slatec/$_\$(OBJ_EXT): slatec/$_.f 
--	$mycompiler -c $hack_64bit -o slatec/$_\$(OBJ_EXT) $mycflags slatec/$_.f
-+	$mycompiler -c -fPIC -o slatec/$_\$(OBJ_EXT) $mycflags slatec/$_.f
- " )} @slatecfiles;
-  
- }
diff --git a/dev-perl/PDL/files/PDL-2.4.4-PIC.patch b/dev-perl/PDL/files/PDL-2.4.4-PIC.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a0087c9f5eddc..0000000000000
--- a/dev-perl/PDL/files/PDL-2.4.4-PIC.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- Lib/Minuit/Makefile.PL
-+++ Lib/Minuit/Makefile.PL
-@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
- 	    ("
- 
- minuitlib/$_\$(OBJ_EXT): minuitlib/$_.f 
--	$mycompiler -c $hack_64bit -o minuitlib/$_\$(OBJ_EXT) $mycflags minuitlib/$_.f
-+	$mycompiler -c -fPIC -o minuitlib/$_\$(OBJ_EXT) $mycflags minuitlib/$_.f
- " )} @minuitfiles;
- 
- 	if (!defined($PDL::Config{MINUIT_LIB})){
---- Lib/Slatec/Makefile.PL
-+++ Lib/Slatec/Makefile.PL
-@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
- ("
- 
- slatec/$_\$(OBJ_EXT): slatec/$_.f 
--	$mycompiler -c $hack_64bit -o slatec/$_\$(OBJ_EXT) $mycflags slatec/$_.f
-+	$mycompiler -c -fPIC -o slatec/$_\$(OBJ_EXT) $mycflags slatec/$_.f
- " )} @slatecfiles;
-  
- }