diff --git a/mc-Syntax.cmake.patch b/mc-Syntax.cmake.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 833470e..0000000
--- a/mc-Syntax.cmake.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- misc/syntax/Syntax.in.orig	2013-06-25 23:29:14.000000000 +0200
-+++ misc/syntax/Syntax.in	2013-08-23 21:55:31.216822402 +0200
-@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
- file (.\*[Mm]akefile[\\\.A-Za-z0-9]\*|..\*\\.mk|..\*\\.mak|Kbuild)$ Makefile
- include makefile.syntax
- 
--file CMakeLists.txt$ CMake
-+file (\/CMakeLists.txt|.cmake)$ CMake
- include cmake.syntax
- 
- file ..\*\\.(pp|PP|pas|PAS|dpr|DPR|inc|INC)$ Pascal\sProgram
diff --git a/mc-vfs_fish_helpers_ls-formatstring.diff b/mc-vfs_fish_helpers_ls-formatstring.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index ff567c6..0000000
--- a/mc-vfs_fish_helpers_ls-formatstring.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- src/vfs/fish/helpers/ls.orig	2013-04-10 22:04:31.000000000 +0200
-+++ src/vfs/fish/helpers/ls	2014-03-15 15:35:18.000000000 +0100
-@@ -137,9 +137,13 @@
-     if (S_ISLNK ($mode)) {
-         my $linkname = readlink ("$dirname/$filename");
-         $linkname =~ $strutils_shell_escape_regex;
--        printf("R%%o %%o $uid.$gid\nS$size\nd$mloctime\n:\"$e_filename\" -> \"$linkname\"\n\n", S_IMODE($mode), S_IFMT($mode));
-+        printf("R%%o %%o %%i.%%i\nS%%lld\nd%%s\n:\"%%s\" -> \"%%s\"\n\n",
-+             S_IMODE($mode), S_IFMT($mode),
-+             $uid, $gid, $size, $mloctime, $e_filename, $linkname);
-     } else {
--        printf("R%%o %%o $uid.$gid\nS$size\nd$mloctime\n:\"$e_filename\"\n\n", S_IMODE($mode), S_IFMT($mode));
-+        printf("R%%o %%o %%i.%%i\nS%%lld\nd%%s\n:\"%%s\"\n\n",
-+             S_IMODE($mode), S_IFMT($mode),
-+             $uid, $gid, $size, $mloctime, $e_filename);
-     }
- }
-     printf("### 200\n");
diff --git a/mc.changes b/mc.changes
index e8f57c2..f43daa2 100644
--- a/mc.changes
+++ b/mc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Sat Sep  6 01:40:44 UTC 2014 - dnh@opensuse.org
+
+- remove file mc-Syntax.cmake.patch / cmds in .spec
+- remove file mc-vfs_fish_helpers_ls-formatstring.diff
+  (extraneous patches seem to cause factory-auto to decline the submit)
+  cf. e.g. https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/247789 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep  5 18:37:47 UTC 2014 - dnh@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/mc.spec b/mc.spec
index 3dd63db..6559a56 100644
--- a/mc.spec
+++ b/mc.spec
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ Source2:        %{name}.desktop
 Source3:        %{name}.png
 Source4:        cmake.syntax
 Source5:        mc-rpmlintrc
-# fixed upstream, disable for now, remove with next update
-#Patch18:        mc-Syntax.cmake.patch
 Patch0:         mc-fix_lib_search_path.patch
 Patch61:        mc-extd-misc.patch
 Patch62:        mc-extd-video.patch
@@ -119,7 +117,6 @@ isoinfo (from mkisofs) or xorriso for the iso:// extension.
 %patch12
 %patch16
 %patch17 -p1
-#%patch18
 %patch20
 %patch21
 %patch22 -p1