diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index a348b2916f..34b082ea8a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1179,8 +1179,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/dbacl-icheck-multiple-definitions.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/dblatex-inkscape-1.0.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/dbus-helper-search-path.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/dbus-c++-gcc-compat.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/dbus-c++-threading-mutex.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/ddd-build.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/debops-setup-py-avoid-git.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/dee-vapi.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/dbus-c++-gcc-compat.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/dbus-c++-gcc-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c4f126858c..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/dbus-c++-gcc-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Fix a string comparison in C++ 11.
-
-Taken from Debian:
-https://sources.debian.org/src/dbus-c++/0.9.0-8.1/debian/patches/06_fix_gcc-7_ftbfs.patch/
-
---- a/src/pipe.cpp
-+++ b/src/pipe.cpp
-@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ ssize_t Pipe::read(void *buffer, unsigne
- void Pipe::signal()
- {
-   // TODO: ignoring return of read/write generates warning; maybe relevant for eventloop work...
--  ::write(_fd_write, '\0', 1);
-+  ::write(_fd_write, "\0", 1);
- }
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/dbus-c++-threading-mutex.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/dbus-c++-threading-mutex.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b201700dc0..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/dbus-c++-threading-mutex.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-Description: Fix FTBFS if DBUS_HAS_RECURSIVE_MUTEX is undefined
-Author: Peter Williams <peter@newton.cx>
-Last-Update: 2018-01-26
-
-Taken from Debian:
-https://sources.debian.org/src/dbus-c++/0.9.0-8.1/debian/patches/07_fix_mutex_ftbfs.patch/
-
---- dbus-c++-0.9.0.orig/include/dbus-c++/dispatcher.h
-+++ dbus-c++-0.9.0/include/dbus-c++/dispatcher.h
-@@ -267,6 +267,19 @@ struct Threading
-     return new Mx;
-   }
- 
-+#ifndef DBUS_HAS_RECURSIVE_MUTEX
-+  static bool mutex_free(Mutex *mx)
-+  {
-+    delete mx;
-+    return true;
-+  }
-+
-+  static bool mutex_lock(Mutex *mx)
-+  {
-+    mx->lock();
-+    return true;
-+  }
-+#else
-   static void mutex_free(Mutex *mx)
-   {
-     delete mx;
-@@ -276,6 +289,7 @@ struct Threading
-   {
-     mx->lock();
-   }
-+#endif
- 
-   static void mutex_unlock(Mutex *mx)
-   {