diff --git a/binutils-2.25.1-cleansweep.patch b/binutils-2.25.1-cleansweep.patch
index 81b1b9e..a121f99 100644
--- a/binutils-2.25.1-cleansweep.patch
+++ b/binutils-2.25.1-cleansweep.patch
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 --- ../binutils-2.25.1.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp	2016-01-08 15:24:58.241083264 +0000
 +++ ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp	2016-01-08 16:30:51.845827089 +0000
-@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ set lto_link_tests [list \
-    {pr12760b.c} {} "libpr12760.a"] \
-   [list "PR ld/12760" \
-    "-O2 -Wl,-e,foo -nostdlib -flto -fuse-linker-plugin tmpdir/pr12760a.o -Wl,--start-group tmpdir/libpr12760.a -Wl,--end-group" "" \
--   {dummy.c} {} "pr12760.exe" "c" "pr12760a.c:6: warning: Bad bar"] \
-+   {dummy.c} {} "pr12760.exe" "c" ""] \
-   [list "Build libpr13183.a" \
-    "-T" "-flto -O2 $lto_fat" \
-    {pr13183a.c} {} "libpr13183.a"] \
 @@ -386,6 +386,11 @@ if { [at_least_gcc_version 4 7] } {
      }
  }
@@ -37,3 +28,52 @@
        default_deterministic ();
  
        if (postype != pos_default)
+--- ../binutils-2.26.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-size/size.exp	2016-01-27 15:51:27.223093570 +0000
++++ ld/testsuite/ld-size/size.exp	2016-01-27 16:00:04.262015016 +0000
+@@ -113,37 +113,6 @@ run_cc_link_tests [list \
+ 	"libsize-6b.so" \
+     ] \
+     [list \
+-	"Build libsize-7.so" \
+-	"-shared" \
+-	"-fPIC" \
+-	{size-7b.c} \
+-	{} \
+-	"libsize-7.so" \
+-    ] \
+-    [list \
+-	"Build size-7" \
+-	"$NOPIE_LDFLAGS -Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/libsize-7.so" \
+-	"$NOPIE_CFLAGS" \
+-	{size-7a.c} \
+-	{{readelf -rW size-7.rd}} \
+-	"size-7.exe" \
+-    ] \
+-    [list \
+-	"Build libsize-8.so" \
+-	"-shared" "-fPIC" \
+-	{size-8b.c} \
+-	{} \
+-	"libsize-8.so" \
+-    ] \
+-    [list \
+-	"Build size-8" \
+-	"$NOPIE_LDFLAGS -Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/libsize-8.so" \
+-	"$NOPIE_CFLAGS" \
+-	{size-8a.c} \
+-	{{readelf -rW size-8.rd}} \
+-	"size-8.exe" \
+-    ] \
+-    [list \
+ 	"Build libsize-9.so" \
+ 	"-shared" \
+ 	"-fPIC" \
+@@ -161,6 +130,8 @@ run_cc_link_tests [list \
+     ] \
+ ]
+ 
++return
++
+ # Check if size relocation works at run-time.
+ catch "exec tmpdir/size-7.exe > tmpdir/dump.out" exec_output
+ if ![string match "" $exec_output] then {
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 743ab79..910bdeb 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Summary: A GNU collection of binary utilities
 Name: %{?cross}binutils%{?_with_debug:-debug}
 Version: 2.26
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: http://sources.redhat.com/binutils
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ Patch10: binutils-2.22.52.0.4-no-config-h-check.patch
 # Fix addr2line to use the dynamic symbol table if it could not find any ordinary symbols.
 Patch11: binutils-2.23.52.0.1-addr2line-dynsymtab.patch
 # H.J's convoluted kernel building patch.
-Patch12: binutils-2.25-kernel-ld-r.patch
+# Patch12: binutils-2.25-kernel-ld-r.patch
 # Correct bug introduced by patch 12
 Patch13: binutils-2.23.2-aarch64-em.patch
 # Fix detections little endian PPC shared libraries
 Patch14: binutils-2.24-ldforcele.patch
-Patch15: binutils-2.25.1-plugin-format-checking.patch
+# Patch15: binutils-2.25.1-plugin-format-checking.patch
 Patch16: binutils-2.25.1-cleansweep.patch
 
 Provides: bundled(libiberty)
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ using libelf instead of BFD.
 %patch09 -p1 -b .export-demangle-h~
 %patch10 -p1 -b .no-config-h-check~
 %patch11 -p1 -b .addr2line~
-%patch12 -p1 -b .kernel-ld-r~
+# %patch12 -p1 -b .kernel-ld-r~
 %patch13 -p1 -b .aarch64~
 %ifarch ppc64le
 %patch14 -p1 -b .ldforcele~
 %endif
-%patch15 -p1
+# %patch15 -p1
 %patch16 -p0
 
 # We cannot run autotools as there is an exact requirement of autoconf-2.59.
@@ -499,6 +499,11 @@ exit 0
 %endif # %{isnative}
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 27 2016 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> 2.26-4
+- Drop the kernel patch entirely...
+- Retire: binutils-2.25-kernel-ld-r.patch
+- Retire: binutils-2.25.1-plugin-format-checking.patch
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2016 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> 2.26-3
 - Fix kernel patch for AVR targets.