diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index f38126251f..d7dadf8296 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -653,8 +653,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/hop-linker-flags.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/hubbub-sort-entities.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/hydra-disable-darcs-test.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/hypre-doc-tables.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/hypre-ldflags.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/icecat-avoid-bundled-libraries.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/icecat-binutils.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/icu4c-CVE-2017-7867-CVE-2017-7868.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/hypre-doc-tables.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/hypre-doc-tables.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a852ee78e..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/hypre-doc-tables.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Fixes doc++'s treatment of tabular within a parameter block.
-
-From commit 883925f8a at http://github.com/LLNL/hypre
-
---- hypre-2.10.1/src/parcsr_ls/HYPRE_parcsr_ls.h	2015-12-04 22:12:19.000000000 -0600
-+++ hypre-2.10.1/src/parcsr_ls/HYPRE_parcsr_ls.h	2016-03-16 09:02:58.547501336 -0500
-@@ -1154,8 +1154,6 @@
-  * Set the symmetry parameter for the
-  * ParaSails preconditioner.
-  *
-- * @param solver [IN] Preconditioner object for which to set symmetry parameter.
-- * @param sym [IN] Value of the symmetry parameter:
-  * \begin{tabular}{|c|l|} \hline 
-  * value & meaning \\ \hline 
-  * 0 & nonsymmetric and/or indefinite problem, and nonsymmetric preconditioner\\
-@@ -1163,6 +1161,9 @@
-  * 2 & nonsymmetric, definite problem, and SPD (factored) preconditioner \\
-  * \hline
-  * \end{tabular}
-+ * 
-+ * @param solver [IN] Preconditioner object for which to set symmetry parameter.
-+ * @param sym [IN] Value of the symmetry parameter:
-  **/
- HYPRE_Int HYPRE_ParaSailsSetSym(HYPRE_Solver solver,
-                                 HYPRE_Int    sym);
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/hypre-ldflags.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/hypre-ldflags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a94fafa463..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/hypre-ldflags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- hypre-2.10.1/src/lib/Makefile.orig	2016-03-11 16:04:03.740259228 -0600
-+++ hypre-2.10.1/src/lib/Makefile	2016-03-11 16:04:57.296260190 -0600
-@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@
- 
- libHYPRE.so: ${FILES_HYPRE}
- 	@echo  "Building $@ ... "
--	${BUILD_CC_SHARED} -o ${SONAME} ${FILES_HYPRE} ${SOLIBS} ${SHARED_SET_SONAME}${SONAME} ${SHARED_OPTIONS}
-+	${BUILD_CC_SHARED} ${LDFLAGS} -o ${SONAME} ${FILES_HYPRE} ${SOLIBS} ${SHARED_SET_SONAME}${SONAME} ${SHARED_OPTIONS}
- 	ln -s ${SONAME} $@