diff --git a/databases/postgresql/patches/patch-aa b/databases/postgresql/patches/patch-aa
deleted file mode 100644
index 801233f5c97..00000000000
--- a/databases/postgresql/patches/patch-aa
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig	Mon Mar  2 06:55:42 1998
-+++ configure	Mon Mar  9 19:40:42 1998
-@@ -825,10 +825,11 @@
- # Check whether --with-tcl or --without-tcl was given.
- if test "${with_tcl+set}" = set; then
-   withval="$with_tcl"
--  USE_TCL=true echo "$ac_t""enabled" 1>&6
-+  USE_TCL=true
-+  echo "$ac_t""enabled" 1>&6
- else
--  USE_TCL=false echo "$ac_t""disabled" 1>&6
--
-+  USE_TCL=false
-+  echo "$ac_t""disabled" 1>&6
- fi
- 
- export USE_TCL
-@@ -839,10 +840,11 @@
- # Check whether --with-perl or --without-perl was given.
- if test "${with_perl+set}" = set; then
-   withval="$with_perl"
--  USE_PERL=true echo "$ac_t""enabled" 1>&6
-+  USE_PERL=true
-+  echo "$ac_t""enabled" 1>&6
- else
--  USE_PERL=false echo "$ac_t""disabled" 1>&6
--
-+  USE_PERL=false
-+  echo "$ac_t""disabled" 1>&6
- fi
- 
- export USE_PERL
diff --git a/databases/postgresql/patches/patch-ab b/databases/postgresql/patches/patch-ab
deleted file mode 100644
index 99bf981cfad..00000000000
--- a/databases/postgresql/patches/patch-ab
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
---- bin/initdb/initdb.sh.~1~	Wed Feb 25 05:09:02 1998
-+++ bin/initdb/initdb.sh	Mon Mar  9 14:33:43 1998
-@@ -386,3 +386,4 @@
- echo "vacuum analyze" | postgres -F -Q -D$PGDATA template1 2>&1 > /dev/null |\
- 	grep -v "^DEBUG:"
- 
-+exit 0