diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/arc-2016.09-release/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/arc-2016.09-release/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e4cec7f69e..0000000000
--- a/toolchain/binutils/patches/arc-2016.09-release/300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/ld/Makefile.am
-+++ b/ld/Makefile.am
-@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ endif
- # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
- # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
- # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
--scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
-+scriptdir = $(libdir)
- 
- EMUL = @EMUL@
- EMULATION_OFILES = @EMULATION_OFILES@
---- a/ld/Makefile.in
-+++ b/ld/Makefile.in
-@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(ELF_CLFAGS)
- # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
- # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
- # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
--scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
-+scriptdir = $(libdir)
- BASEDIR = $(srcdir)/..
- BFDDIR = $(BASEDIR)/bfd
- INCDIR = $(BASEDIR)/include
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/patches/arc-2016.09-release/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch b/toolchain/binutils/patches/arc-2016.09-release/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 95d3f75b85..0000000000
--- a/toolchain/binutils/patches/arc-2016.09-release/300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
-+++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
-@@ -1244,6 +1244,8 @@ fragment <<EOF
- 	      && command_line.rpath == NULL)
- 	    {
- 	      lib_path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
-+	      if ((lib_path) && (strlen (lib_path) == 0))
-+	      	lib_path = NULL;
- 	      if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,
- 						      force))
- 		break;
-@@ -1525,6 +1527,8 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation (
-   rpath = command_line.rpath;
-   if (rpath == NULL)
-     rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
-+  if ((rpath) && (strlen (rpath) == 0))
-+  	rpath = NULL;
- 
-   for (abfd = link_info.input_bfds; abfd; abfd = abfd->link.next)
-     if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)