diff --git a/app-text/dvisvgm/files/dvisvgm-1.0.8-as-needed.patch b/app-text/dvisvgm/files/dvisvgm-1.0.8-as-needed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 85e95b1b6a922..0000000000000
--- a/app-text/dvisvgm/files/dvisvgm-1.0.8-as-needed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- dvisvgm-1.0.8/configure.ac
-+++ dvisvgm-1.0.8/configure.ac
-@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
- # Check for libraries.
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES([FREETYPE], [freetype2])
- CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS ${FREETYPE_CFLAGS}"
--LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS ${FREETYPE_LIBS}"
-+LIBS="$LIBS ${FREETYPE_LIBS}"
- 
- AC_CHECK_LIB(z, gzopen)
- 
diff --git a/app-text/dvisvgm/files/dvisvgm-1.0.8-darwin.patch b/app-text/dvisvgm/files/dvisvgm-1.0.8-darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aef51d5174748..0000000000000
--- a/app-text/dvisvgm/files/dvisvgm-1.0.8-darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- src/Process.cpp
-+++ src/Process.cpp
-@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
- #include <fcntl.h>
- #include <sys/wait.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
-+#include <signal.h>
- #endif
- 
- #include <cstdlib>