diff --git a/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/110-net5501_modstuff.patch b/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/110-net5501_modstuff.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae41e548ecd..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/110-net5501_modstuff.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/leds/leds-net5501.c
-+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-net5501.c
-@@ -92,3 +92,8 @@ unmap:
- }
- 
- arch_initcall(soekris_init);
-+
-+MODULE_AUTHOR("Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>");
-+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Soekris Net5501 LED support");
-+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-+
diff --git a/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/905-i386_build.patch b/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/905-i386_build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c701fdaa95d..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/905-i386_build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
-+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
-@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
- #include <stdarg.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
--#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>
- #include <sys/mman.h>
diff --git a/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/924-cs5535_gpio.patch b/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/924-cs5535_gpio.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9081be84a4e..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/x86/patches-2.6.35/924-cs5535_gpio.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c
-+++ b/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c
-@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
- #include <linux/kernel.h>
- #include <linux/init.h>
- #include <linux/cdev.h>
-+#include <linux/device.h>
- #include <linux/ioport.h>
- #include <linux/pci.h>
- 
-@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ static struct pci_device_id divil_pci[]
- MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, divil_pci);
- 
- static struct cdev cs5535_gpio_cdev;
-+static struct class *cs5535_gpio_class;
- 
- /* reserve 32 entries even though some aren't usable */
- #define CS5535_GPIO_COUNT	32
-@@ -66,9 +68,14 @@ static struct gpio_regmap rm[] =
- 	{ 0x30, 0x00, '1', '0' },	/* GPIOx_READ_BACK / GPIOx_OUT_VAL */
- 	{ 0x20, 0x20, 'I', 'i' },	/* GPIOx_IN_EN */
- 	{ 0x04, 0x04, 'O', 'o' },	/* GPIOx_OUT_EN */
-+	{ 0x10, 0x10, 'A', 'a' },	/* GPIOx_OUT_AUX1_SEL */
-+	{ 0x14, 0x14, 'B', 'b' },	/* GPIOx_OUT_AUX2_SEL */
- 	{ 0x08, 0x08, 't', 'T' },	/* GPIOx_OUT_OD_EN */
- 	{ 0x18, 0x18, 'P', 'p' },	/* GPIOx_OUT_PU_EN */
- 	{ 0x1c, 0x1c, 'D', 'd' },	/* GPIOx_OUT_PD_EN */
-+	{ 0x24, 0x24, 'N', 'n' },	/* GPIOx_IN_INV_EN */
-+	{ 0x0c, 0x0c, 'X', 'x' },	/* GPIOx_OUT_INV_EN */
-+	{ 0x00, 0x00, 'H', 'L' },	/* GPIOx_OUT_VAL */
- };
- 
- 
-@@ -176,7 +183,7 @@ static int __init cs5535_gpio_init(void)
- {
- 	dev_t	dev_id;
- 	u32	low, hi;
--	int	retval;
-+	int	retval, i;
- 
- 	if (pci_dev_present(divil_pci) == 0) {
- 		printk(KERN_WARNING NAME ": DIVIL not found\n");
-@@ -231,23 +238,54 @@ static int __init cs5535_gpio_init(void)
- 		major = MAJOR(dev_id);
- 	}
- 
--	if (retval) {
--		release_region(gpio_base, CS5535_GPIO_SIZE);
--		return -1;
--	}
-+	if (retval)
-+		goto error;
- 
- 	printk(KERN_DEBUG NAME ": base=%#x mask=%#lx major=%d\n",
- 	       gpio_base, mask, major);
- 
- 	cdev_init(&cs5535_gpio_cdev, &cs5535_gpio_fops);
--	cdev_add(&cs5535_gpio_cdev, dev_id, CS5535_GPIO_COUNT);
-+	retval = cdev_add(&cs5535_gpio_cdev, dev_id, CS5535_GPIO_COUNT);
-+	if (retval) {
-+		kobject_put(&cs5535_gpio_cdev.kobj);
-+		goto error_region;
-+	}
-+
-+	cs5535_gpio_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cs5535_gpio");
-+	if (IS_ERR(cs5535_gpio_class)) {
-+		printk(KERN_ERR "Error creating cs5535_gpio class\n");
-+		cdev_del(&cs5535_gpio_cdev);
-+		retval = PTR_ERR(cs5535_gpio_class);
-+		goto error_region;
-+	}
-+
-+	for (i = 0; i < CS5535_GPIO_COUNT; i++) {
-+		if (mask & (1<<i)) {
-+			device_create(cs5535_gpio_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL, "cs5535_gpio%d", i);
-+		}
-+	}
- 
- 	return 0;
-+
-+error_region:
-+	unregister_chrdev_region(dev_id, CS5535_GPIO_COUNT);
-+error:
-+	release_region(gpio_base, CS5535_GPIO_SIZE);
-+	return retval;
- }
- 
- static void __exit cs5535_gpio_cleanup(void)
- {
- 	dev_t dev_id = MKDEV(major, 0);
-+	int i;
-+
-+	for (i = 0; i < CS5535_GPIO_COUNT; i++) {
-+		if (mask & (1<<i)) {
-+			device_destroy(cs5535_gpio_class, MKDEV(major, i));
-+		}
-+	}
-+
-+	class_destroy(cs5535_gpio_class);
- 
- 	cdev_del(&cs5535_gpio_cdev);
- 	unregister_chrdev_region(dev_id, CS5535_GPIO_COUNT);