diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/CVE-2016-5636.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/CVE-2016-5636.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a37471459..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/CVE-2016-5636.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-
-# HG changeset patch
-# User Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
-# Date 1453357424 28800
-# Node ID 985fc64c60d6adffd1138b6cc46df388ca91ca5d
-# Parent  7ec954b9fc54448a35b56d271340ba109eb381b9
-prevent buffer overflow in get_data (closes #26171)
-
-Upstream-Status: Backport
-https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/985fc64c60d6
-
-CVE: CVE-2016-5636
-Signed-off-by: Armin Kuster <akuster@mvista.com>
-
-Index: Python-2.7.11/Misc/NEWS
-===================================================================
---- Python-2.7.11.orig/Misc/NEWS
-+++ Python-2.7.11/Misc/NEWS
-@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7.11?
- 
- *Release date: 2015-12-05*
- 
-+- Issue #26171: Fix possible integer overflow and heap corruption in
-+  zipimporter.get_data().
-+
- Library
- -------
- 
-Index: Python-2.7.11/Modules/zipimport.c
-===================================================================
---- Python-2.7.11.orig/Modules/zipimport.c
-+++ Python-2.7.11/Modules/zipimport.c
-@@ -895,6 +895,11 @@ get_data(char *archive, PyObject *toc_en
-         PyMarshal_ReadShortFromFile(fp);        /* local header size */
-     file_offset += l;           /* Start of file data */
- 
-+    if (data_size > LONG_MAX - 1) {
-+        fclose(fp);
-+        PyErr_NoMemory();
-+        return NULL;
-+    }
-     raw_data = PyString_FromStringAndSize((char *)NULL, compress == 0 ?
-                                           data_size : data_size + 1);
-     if (raw_data == NULL) {
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/avoid_parallel_make_races_on_pgen.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/avoid_parallel_make_races_on_pgen.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8012245afe..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/avoid_parallel_make_races_on_pgen.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Avoids parallel make races linking errors when making Parser/PGEN
-
-- Implements Richard Purdie's idea
-
-Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez <alejandro.hernandez@linux.intel.com>
-
-Index: Python-2.7.9/Makefile.pre.in
-===================================================================
---- Python-2.7.9.orig/Makefile.pre.in
-+++ Python-2.7.9/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -611,12 +611,10 @@ Modules/grpmodule.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/g
- 
- Modules/pwdmodule.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/pwdmodule.c $(srcdir)/Modules/posixmodule.h
- 
--$(GRAMMAR_H): $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(PGENSRCS)
-+$(GRAMMAR_H): $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(PGENSRCS) $(PGEN)
- 		@$(MKDIR_P) Include
--		$(MAKE) $(PGEN)
- 		$(HOSTPGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
- $(GRAMMAR_C): $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(PGENSRCS)
--		$(MAKE) $(GRAMMAR_H)
- 		touch $(GRAMMAR_C)
- 
- $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)