diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.28/025-mips_r4k_no_prefetch.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.28/025-mips_r4k_no_prefetch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e26062b4..000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.28/025-mips_r4k_no_prefetch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
-+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
-@@ -991,7 +991,6 @@ config CPU_MIPS32_R1
- 	bool "MIPS32 Release 1"
- 	depends on SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
- 	select CPU_HAS_LLSC
--	select CPU_HAS_PREFETCH
- 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
- 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_HIGHMEM
- 	help
diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.30/026-mips_r4k_no_prefetch.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.30/026-mips_r4k_no_prefetch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e2fb97e38..000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.30/026-mips_r4k_no_prefetch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
-+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
-@@ -1036,7 +1036,6 @@ config CPU_MIPS32_R1
- 	bool "MIPS32 Release 1"
- 	depends on SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
- 	select CPU_HAS_LLSC
--	select CPU_HAS_PREFETCH
- 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
- 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_HIGHMEM
- 	help