diff --git a/app-text/lowdown/files/lowdown-1.1.0-shared-linking.patch b/app-text/lowdown/files/lowdown-1.1.0-shared-linking.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bdee817b88956..0000000000000
--- a/app-text/lowdown/files/lowdown-1.1.0-shared-linking.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 32acb09..552d6d3 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ installwww: www
- 	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 lowdown.tar.gz $(WWWDIR)/snapshots
- 	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 lowdown.tar.gz.sha512 $(WWWDIR)/snapshots
- 
--lowdown: liblowdown.a main.o
--	$(CC) -o $@ main.o liblowdown.a $(LDFLAGS) $(LDADD_MD5) -lm $(LDADD)
-+lowdown: liblowdown.so main.o compats.o
-+	$(CC) -o $@ main.o compats.o -L. -llowdown $(LDFLAGS) $(LDADD_MD5) -lm $(LDADD)
- 
- lowdown-diff: lowdown
--	ln -f lowdown lowdown-diff
-+	ln -s lowdown lowdown-diff
- 
- liblowdown.a: $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS)
- 	$(AR) rs $@ $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS)
-@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ uninstall:
- 		rm -f $(MANDIR)/man$$section/$$name ; \
- 	done
- 
--install: bins
-+install: bins install_libs
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(SHAREDIR)/lowdown/odt
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) share/odt/styles.xml $(DESTDIR)$(SHAREDIR)/lowdown/odt
- 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lowdown $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
--	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lowdown-diff $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-+	ln -s lowdown $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/lowdown-diff
- 	for f in $(MAN1S) $(MAN5S) ; do \
- 		name=`basename $$f .html` ; \
- 		section=$${name##*.} ; \
-@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ install_static: liblowdown.a install_lib_common
- 
- uninstall_libs: uninstall_shared uninstall_static
- 
--install_libs: install_shared install_static
-+install_libs: install_shared
- 
- distcheck: lowdown.tar.gz.sha512
- 	mandoc -Tlint -Werror man/*.[135]
diff --git a/app-text/lowdown/files/lowdown-1.3.0-shared-linking.patch b/app-text/lowdown/files/lowdown-1.3.0-shared-linking.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a3c05be4458a..0000000000000
--- a/app-text/lowdown/files/lowdown-1.3.0-shared-linking.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 3adf379..a10dd82 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ installwww: www
- 	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 lowdown.tar.gz $(WWWDIR)/snapshots
- 	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 lowdown.tar.gz.sha512 $(WWWDIR)/snapshots
- 
--lowdown: liblowdown.a main.o
--	$(CC) -o $@ main.o liblowdown.a $(LDFLAGS) $(LDADD_MD5) -lm $(LDADD)
-+lowdown: liblowdown.so main.o compats.o
-+	$(CC) -o $@ main.o compats.o -L. -llowdown $(LDFLAGS) $(LDADD_MD5) -lm $(LDADD)
- 
- lowdown-diff: lowdown
--	ln -f lowdown lowdown-diff
-+	ln -s lowdown lowdown-diff
- 
- liblowdown.a: $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS)
- 	$(AR) rs $@ $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS)
-@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ uninstall:
- 		rm -f $(MANDIR)/man$$section/$$name ; \
- 	done
- 
--install: bins
-+install: bins install_libs
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5
-@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ install: bins
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) share/html/* $(DESTDIR)$(SHAREDIR)/lowdown/html
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) share/odt/* $(DESTDIR)$(SHAREDIR)/lowdown/odt
- 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lowdown $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
--	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lowdown-diff $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
-+	ln -s lowdown $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/lowdown-diff
- 	for f in $(MAN1S) $(MAN5S) ; do \
- 		name=`basename $$f .html` ; \
- 		section=$${name##*.} ; \
-@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ install_static: liblowdown.a install_lib_common
- 
- uninstall_libs: uninstall_shared uninstall_static
- 
--install_libs: install_shared install_static
-+install_libs: install_shared
- 
- distcheck: lowdown.tar.gz.sha512
- 	mandoc -Tlint -Werror man/*.[135]