diff --git a/gawk-4.2.0-000-do-not-fold-constant-strings.patch b/gawk-4.2.0-000-do-not-fold-constant-strings.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eb4a0b0..0000000
--- a/gawk-4.2.0-000-do-not-fold-constant-strings.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 08897b5c5facfd35aa971321a248e6fcd6abf5d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Arnold D. Robbins" <arnold@skeeve.com>
-Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 20:59:19 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Don't fold constant strings if either is translatable.
-
----
- awkgram.y | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/awkgram.y b/awkgram.y
-index 1a75e64..9f35143 100644
---- a/awkgram.y
-+++ b/awkgram.y
-@@ -1589,7 +1589,8 @@ common_exp
- 
- 			// 1.5 ""   # can't fold this if program mucks with CONVFMT.
- 			// See test #12 in test/posix.awk.
--			if ((n1->flags & (NUMBER|NUMINT)) != 0 || (n2->flags & (NUMBER|NUMINT)) != 0)
-+			// Also can't fold if one or the other is translatable.
-+			if ((n1->flags & (NUMBER|NUMINT|INTLSTR)) != 0 || (n2->flags & (NUMBER|NUMINT|INTLSTR)) != 0)
- 				goto plain_concat;
- 
- 			n1 = force_string(n1);
--- 
-2.9.5
-
diff --git a/gawk-4.2.0-001-rwarray-small-improvements.patch b/gawk-4.2.0-001-rwarray-small-improvements.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 10059bd..0000000
--- a/gawk-4.2.0-001-rwarray-small-improvements.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-From 750e3168705de678474fea0a551f9cf29e9e077d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Arnold D. Robbins" <arnold@skeeve.com>
-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:22:15 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Small improvements in extension/rwarray.c.
-
----
- extension/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
- extension/rwarray.c | 6 ++++--
- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/extension/ChangeLog b/extension/ChangeLog
-index 4bfd896..c04e9c2 100644
---- a/extension/ChangeLog
-+++ b/extension/ChangeLog
-@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
-+2017-10-28         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
-+
-+	* rwarray.c (do_writea): Fix description in comment.
-+	(write_array): Free the flattened array if writing an element fails.
-+
- 2017-10-19         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
- 
- 	* 4.2.0: Release tar ball made.
-diff --git a/extension/rwarray.c b/extension/rwarray.c
-index 2e82ca7..997b6b2 100644
---- a/extension/rwarray.c
-+++ b/extension/rwarray.c
-@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ do_writea(int nargs, awk_value_t *result, struct awk_ext_func *unused)
- 	if (nargs < 2)
- 		goto out;
- 
--	/* directory is first arg, array to dump is second */
-+	/* filename is first arg, array to dump is second */
- 	if (! get_argument(0, AWK_STRING, & filename)) {
- 		fprintf(stderr, _("do_writea: argument 0 is not a string\n"));
- 		errno = EINVAL;
-@@ -178,8 +178,10 @@ write_array(FILE *fp, awk_array_t array)
- 		return awk_false;
- 
- 	for (i = 0; i < flat_array->count; i++) {
--		if (! write_elem(fp, & flat_array->elements[i]))
-+		if (! write_elem(fp, & flat_array->elements[i])) {
-+			(void) release_flattened_array(array, flat_array);
- 			return awk_false;
-+		}
- 	}
- 
- 	if (! release_flattened_array(array, flat_array)) {
--- 
-2.9.5
-