diff --git a/0001-gyp-always-install-into-PRODUCT_DIR.patch b/0001-gyp-always-install-into-PRODUCT_DIR.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 694913f595..0000000000
--- a/0001-gyp-always-install-into-PRODUCT_DIR.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 9b5e8dc426ada891d67d27b09acc73122ab46849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net>
-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:48:52 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH 1/3] gyp: always install into $PRODUCT_DIR
-
----
- gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py | 12 +++++++-----
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
-index b88a433..9b3e4e3 100644
---- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
-+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
-@@ -1888,11 +1888,13 @@ $(obj).$(TOOLSET)/$(TARGET)/%%.o: $(obj)/%%%s FORCE_DO_CMD
-     """Returns the location of the final output for an installable target."""
-     # Xcode puts shared_library results into PRODUCT_DIR, and some gyp files
-     # rely on this. Emulate this behavior for mac.
--    if (self.type == 'shared_library' and
--        (self.flavor != 'mac' or self.toolset != 'target')):
--      # Install all shared libs into a common directory (per toolset) for
--      # convenient access with LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
--      return '$(builddir)/lib.%s/%s' % (self.toolset, self.alias)
-+
-+    # XXX(TooTallNate): disabling this code since we don't want this behavior...
-+    #if (self.type == 'shared_library' and
-+    #    (self.flavor != 'mac' or self.toolset != 'target')):
-+    #  # Install all shared libs into a common directory (per toolset) for
-+    #  # convenient access with LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
-+    #  return '$(builddir)/lib.%s/%s' % (self.toolset, self.alias)
-     return '$(builddir)/' + self.alias
- 
- 
--- 
-2.3.2 (Apple Git-55)
-
diff --git a/0002-gyp-apply-https-codereview.chromium.org-11361103.patch b/0002-gyp-apply-https-codereview.chromium.org-11361103.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d1c5cac717..0000000000
--- a/0002-gyp-apply-https-codereview.chromium.org-11361103.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-From 511840e82116662aa825088fb8a52a9f799f7767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net>
-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:54:04 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH 2/3] gyp: apply https://codereview.chromium.org/11361103/
-
----
- gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py | 6 ++++++
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py
-index d8e0872..c59aea1 100644
---- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py
-+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py
-@@ -2720,6 +2720,9 @@ def _GetMSBuildAttributes(spec, config, build_file):
-     product_name = spec.get('product_name', '$(ProjectName)')
-     target_name = prefix + product_name
-     msbuild_attributes['TargetName'] = target_name
-+  if 'TargetExt' not in msbuild_attributes and 'product_extension' in spec:
-+    ext = spec.get('product_extension')
-+    msbuild_attributes['TargetExt'] = '.' + ext
- 
-   if spec.get('msvs_external_builder'):
-     external_out_dir = spec.get('msvs_external_builder_out_dir', '.')
-@@ -2773,6 +2776,9 @@ def _GetMSBuildConfigurationGlobalProperties(spec, configurations, build_file):
-                             attributes['OutputDirectory'])
-     _AddConditionalProperty(properties, condition, 'TargetName',
-                             attributes['TargetName'])
-+    if 'TargetExt' in attributes:
-+      _AddConditionalProperty(properties, condition, 'TargetExt',
-+                              attributes['TargetExt'])
- 
-     if attributes.get('TargetPath'):
-       _AddConditionalProperty(properties, condition, 'TargetPath',
--- 
-2.3.2 (Apple Git-55)
-
diff --git a/0003-gyp-don-t-use-links-at-all-just-copy-the-files-inste.patch b/0003-gyp-don-t-use-links-at-all-just-copy-the-files-inste.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 673a3ddd38..0000000000
--- a/0003-gyp-don-t-use-links-at-all-just-copy-the-files-inste.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-From 0cd9f08a6d4f4be6643001b6c3b5ad40e094bdcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nathan Zadoks <nathan@nathan7.eu>
-Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 11:07:16 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH 3/3] gyp: don't use links at all, just copy the files instead
-
----
- gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py  | 2 +-
- gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
-index 9b3e4e3..b3f8a2b 100644
---- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
-+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
-@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ cmd_touch = touch $@
- 
- quiet_cmd_copy = COPY $@
- # send stderr to /dev/null to ignore messages when linking directories.
--cmd_copy = ln -f "$<" "$@" 2>/dev/null || (rm -rf "$@" && cp -af "$<" "$@")
-+cmd_copy = rm -rf "$@" && cp -af "$<" "$@"
- 
- %(link_commands)s
- """
-diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
-index 7461814..c2951a4 100644
---- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
-+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/ninja.py
-@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ def GenerateOutputForConfig(target_list, target_dicts, data, params,
-     master_ninja.rule(
-       'copy',
-       description='COPY $in $out',
--      command='ln -f $in $out 2>/dev/null || (rm -rf $out && cp -af $in $out)')
-+      command='rm -rf $out && cp -af $in $out')
-   master_ninja.newline()
- 
-   all_targets = set()
--- 
-2.3.2 (Apple Git-55)
-