diff --git a/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux-header_pre.conf b/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux-header_pre.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 946d73eb4..000000000
--- a/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux-header_pre.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../squashfs-tools/pkg_linux-header_pre.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-. $base/package/*/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux_pre.conf
-
diff --git a/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux26_pre.conf b/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux26_pre.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 60dbe032c..000000000
--- a/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux26_pre.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../squashfs-tools/pkg_linux26_pre.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-. $base/package/*/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux_pre.conf
-
diff --git a/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux_pre.conf b/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux_pre.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 64f9c94d7..000000000
--- a/filesystem/squashfs-tools/pkg_linux_pre.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../squashfs-tools/pkg_linux_pre.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-hook_add prepatch 5 'squashfs_patch'
-squashfs_patch() {
-	local sqfs_ver=$( pkgdesc ver squashfs-tools )
-	local lx_ver= sqfs_patch= sqfs_patch_base=
-	local ver3=$(echo "$ver" | cut -d. -f1-3)
-
-	tar -v $taropt "$(match_source_file -p squashfs squashfs-tools)" -C "$builddir"
-	sqfs_patch_base="$builddir/squashfs${sqfs_ver}/kernel-patches/linux-"
-
-	# known mappings
-	case "$ver3" in
-	2.6.27)		lx_ver="2.6.27-rc4" ;;
-	*)		for lx_ver in $ver $ver3 ''; do
-				[ ! -d "${sqfs_patch_base}${lx_ver}/" ] || break
-			done
-			if [ -z "$lx_ver" ]; then
-				lx_ver=$(ls -1d "${sqfs_patch_base}$ver3"[-.]* |
-					sed -e "s,^${sqfs_patch_base},," |
-					sort -n | tail -n 1)
-			fi
-		;;
-	esac
-
-	if [ -z "$lx_ver" ]; then
-		echo_warning "SquashFS $sqfs_ver patch for $ver not found, skipping."
-	else
-		echo_status "SquashFS $sqfs_ver: using patch for Linux $lx_ver."
-
-		sqfs_patch="$builddir/squashfs-${sqfs_ver}-${lx_ver}.patch"
-		cp -v $(ls -1d "${sqfs_patch_base}$lx_ver"/squashfs*-patch) $sqfs_patch
-		var_append patchfiles ' ' "$sqfs_patch"
-	fi
-}
-