diff --git a/papi-3.7.2-config.patch b/papi-3.7.2-config.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f8f2de3..0000000
--- a/papi-3.7.2-config.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-diff -up papi-3.7.2/src/configure.in.header papi-3.7.2/src/configure.in
---- papi-3.7.2/src/configure.in.header	2009-12-10 15:05:09.000000000 -0500
-+++ papi-3.7.2/src/configure.in	2009-12-10 15:05:13.000000000 -0500
-@@ -1013,61 +1013,63 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(pfm_libdir,
-             )
- 
- # PCL start
--# set PCL manually set with --with-pcl, 
--# or by default if perfctr and perfmon are not available
--# and linux kernel version is >= 31
--
--if test "$cross_compiling" = "no" -a "$OS" = "linux" -a "`uname -r | grep "2.6."`"; then
--# gives the position in $OSVER of *first* character in substring "2.6."
--POS1=`expr index "$OSVER" "2.6."`
--POS2=`expr $POS1 + 4`
--VERS=`expr substr "$OSVER" "$POS2" 2`
--
--# Version 2.6.31 of the kernel uses perf_counter.h and all subsequent versions use perf_event.h
--if test "$VERS" = "31"; then
--  perf_header="perf_counter.h"
--  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DKERNEL31"
--elif test "$VERS" -gt 31; then
--  perf_header="perf_event.h"
-+if test "x$perfctr" != "xyes" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
-+
-+# Try to find perf_event.h or perf_counter.h on
-+# user specific path or default of /usr/include/linux
-+AC_ARG_WITH(pcl_incdir,
-+	   [  --with-pcl-incdir=<path>	Specify path to the correct perf event header file],
-+  [
-+case "$with_pcl_incdir" in
-+yes) AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-pcl-incdir requires an argument]) ;;
-+''|no) ;;
-+*) pcl_incdir=$with_pcl_incdir ;;
-+esac],
-+[pcl_incdir="/usr/include/linux"])
-+
-+# Linux 2.6.32 and newer check
-+AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/perf_event.h,
-+	[pcl="yes" PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/perf_event.h"])
-+
-+# Linux 2.6.31 check
-+if test "x$PCLPATH" = "x"; then
-+AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/perf_counter.h,
-+	[pcl="yes" PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/perf_counter.h"
-+	   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DKERNEL31"])
- fi
- 
--if test "${VERS}" -ge 31; then
- AC_ARG_WITH(pcl,
-             [  --with-pcl=<yes,no>		Specify existence of Performance Counters for Linux],
--            [pcl=$withval
--             AC_CHECK_FILE(/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux/$perf_header, [ pcl="yes"
--               PCLPATH="/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux/$perf_header"],
--                [ pcl="no" ])
--            ],
--            [if test "$perfctr" = "no" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
--              AC_CHECK_FILE(/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux/$perf_header, [ pcl="yes"
--               PCLPATH="/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux/$perf_header"],
--                [ pcl="no" ])
--             fi
--            ])
--elif test "$perfctr" = "no" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
--AC_MSG_ERROR([PAPI requires a patch for any kernel older than 2.6.31])
-+            [pcl=$withval])
-+
-+#fall back check for the perf_event.h or perf_counter.h in -devel for running
-+#linux kernel
-+if test "x$cross_compiling" != "xyes" -a "$OS" = "linux" -a "x$PCLPATH" = "x"; then
-+
-+pcl_incdir="/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux"
-+
-+# Linux 2.6.32 and newer check
-+AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/perf_event.h,
-+	[pcl="yes" PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/perf_event.h"])
-+
-+# Linux 2.6.31 check
-+if test "x$PCLPATH" = "x"; then
-+AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/perf_counter.h,
-+	[pcl="yes" PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/perf_counter.h"
-+	   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DKERNEL31"])
-+fi
-+
-+if test "x$PCLPATH" = "x"; then
-+  pcl=no
- fi
- 
--# If we are running a PCL kernel, the correct include file should have been found in 
--# /lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux. If the file was not found
--# see if the user has set a path and ensure it can be found there
--if test "$pcl" = "no"; then
--AC_ARG_WITH(pcl_incdir,
--	   [  --with-pcl-incdir=<path>	Specify path to the correct perf event header file],
--	   [pcl_incdir=$withval
--	     AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/$perf_header, [pcl="yes"
--              PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/$perf_header"], 
--		[AC_MSG_ERROR([$perf_header could not be found at $pcl_incdir])])
--           ],
--           [if test "$perfctr" = "no" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
--            AC_MSG_ERROR([$perf_header could not be found and no patch is installed.])
--            fi
--           ])
- fi
- fi
- # PCL end
- 
-+if test "x$pcl" != "xyes" -a "x$perfctr" != "xyes" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
-+  AC_MSG_ERROR([No performance monitoring interface available])
-+fi
- 
- AC_ARG_WITH(pmapi,
-             [  --with-pmapi=<path>		Specify path of pmapi on aix system ],