diff --git a/net-wireless/gnuradio/files/gnuradio-3.7.4-include_stringh.patch b/net-wireless/gnuradio/files/gnuradio-3.7.4-include_stringh.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1450e101cd057..0000000000000
--- a/net-wireless/gnuradio/files/gnuradio-3.7.4-include_stringh.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-commit 09ba248d3fc6afbebb784edfaf5e61413cd05255
-Author: Tom Rondeau <tom@trondeau.com>
-Date:   Sun Jul 27 10:50:17 2014 -0400
-
-    volk: adding string.h to puppet for memset calls.
-
-diff --git a/volk/kernels/volk/volk_8u_conv_k7_r2puppet_8u.h b/volk/kernels/volk/volk_8u_conv_k7_r2puppet_8u.h
-index fef9db5..8d31e46 100644
---- a/volk/kernels/volk/volk_8u_conv_k7_r2puppet_8u.h
-+++ b/volk/kernels/volk/volk_8u_conv_k7_r2puppet_8u.h
-@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
- 
- #include <volk/volk.h>
- #include <volk/volk_8u_x4_conv_k7_r2_8u.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- typedef union {
-   //decision_t is a BIT vector
diff --git a/net-wireless/gnuradio/files/gnuradio-9999-build-type-nonfatal.patch b/net-wireless/gnuradio/files/gnuradio-9999-build-type-nonfatal.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f4fcd982b8b05..0000000000000
--- a/net-wireless/gnuradio/files/gnuradio-9999-build-type-nonfatal.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur gnuradio-9999/cmake/Modules/GrBuildTypes.cmake gnuradio-9999-hacked/cmake/Modules/GrBuildTypes.cmake
---- gnuradio-9999/cmake/Modules/GrBuildTypes.cmake	2014-07-26 01:54:47.645866658 -0400
-+++ gnuradio-9999-hacked/cmake/Modules/GrBuildTypes.cmake	2014-07-26 01:56:47.193869859 -0400
-@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
-     endif(${_settype} STREQUAL ${_btype})
-   endforeach(btype)
-   # Build type not found; error out
--  message(FATAL_ERROR "Build type '${settype}' not valid, must be one of: ${AVAIL_BUILDTYPES}")
- endfunction(GR_CHECK_BUILD_TYPE)
- 
- ########################################################################