diff --git a/security/cvechecker/files/patch-configure.ac b/security/cvechecker/files/patch-configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index 98a87efce87d..000000000000
--- a/security/cvechecker/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2020-07-26 11:00:55 UTC
-+++ configure.ac
-@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_MSG_WARN([Please make sure pkg-config is installed 
- AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
- 
- AC_MSG_WARN([Please make sure pkg-config is installed and autoreconf run])
--PKG_CHECK_MODULES([BSD], [libbsd])
-+#PKG_CHECK_MODULES([BSD], [libbsd])
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CONFIG], [libconfig >= 1.3])
- CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $CONFIG_CFLAGS"
- LIBS="$LIBS $CONFIG_LIBS $BSD_LIBS"
diff --git a/security/cvechecker/files/patch-src_cvecheck__common.h b/security/cvechecker/files/patch-src_cvecheck__common.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d0e8836573e1..000000000000
--- a/security/cvechecker/files/patch-src_cvecheck__common.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- src/cvecheck_common.h.orig	2020-07-26 11:00:55 UTC
-+++ src/cvecheck_common.h
-@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <libconfig.h>
- #include <string.h>
-+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__)
- #include <bsd/string.h>
-+#endif
- 
- #ifdef _USE_SQLITE3
- #include <sqlite3.h>
diff --git a/security/cvechecker/files/patch-src_output_stringscmd.h b/security/cvechecker/files/patch-src_output_stringscmd.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f6cefc5dae45..000000000000
--- a/security/cvechecker/files/patch-src_output_stringscmd.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- src/output/stringscmd.h.orig	2020-07-26 11:00:55 UTC
-+++ src/output/stringscmd.h
-@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
- #include <regex.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <string.h>
-+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__)
- #include <bsd/string.h>
-+#endif
- #include "../cvecheck_common.h"
- #include "../swstring.h"
-