diff --git a/procps-3.2.8-columns.dif b/procps-3.2.8-columns.dif
deleted file mode 100644
index 4863441..0000000
--- a/procps-3.2.8-columns.dif
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
---- ps/global.c
-+++ ps/global.c	2009-11-17 16:59:38.279430039 +0000
-@@ -139,8 +139,12 @@ static void set_screen_size(void){
-   screen_cols = ws.ws_col;  // hmmm, NetBSD subtracts 1
-   screen_rows = ws.ws_row;
- 
--  // TODO: delete this line
--  if(!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) screen_cols = OUTBUF_SIZE;
-+  // override COLUMNS setting if not a tty
-+  if(!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)){
-+    screen_cols = OUTBUF_SIZE;
-+    screen_rows = OUTBUF_SIZE;
-+    if (personality&PER_UNIX_COLS) return; // SysV/UNIX98 based personality
-+  }
- 
-   columns = getenv("COLUMNS");
-   if(columns && *columns){
-@@ -286,6 +290,7 @@ static const char *set_personality(void)
-     return NULL;
- 
-   case_aix:
-+    personality |= PER_UNIX_COLS;
-     bsd_j_format = "FB_j";
-     bsd_l_format = "FB_l";
-     /* bsd_s_format not used */
-@@ -313,6 +318,7 @@ static const char *set_personality(void)
- 
-   case_sunos4:
-     personality = PER_NO_DEFAULT_g;
-+    personality |= PER_UNIX_COLS;
-     prefer_bsd_defaults = 1;
-     bsd_j_format = "FB_j";
-     bsd_l_format = "FB_l";
-@@ -337,12 +343,14 @@ static const char *set_personality(void)
-   case_hp:
-   case_hpux:
-     personality = PER_BROKEN_o | PER_HPUX_x;
-+    personality |= PER_UNIX_COLS;
-     return NULL;
- 
-   case_svr4:
-   case_sysv:
-   case_sco:
-     personality = PER_BROKEN_o | PER_SVR4_x;
-+    personality |= PER_UNIX_COLS;
-     return NULL;
- 
-   case_posix:
-@@ -351,6 +359,7 @@ static const char *set_personality(void)
-   case_unix98:
-   case_unix:
-     personality = PER_BROKEN_o;
-+    personality |= PER_UNIX_COLS;
-     return NULL;
- }
- 
-@@ -361,8 +370,8 @@ void reset_global(void){
-   double uptime_secs;
-   reset_selection_list();
-   look_up_our_self(&p);
--  set_screen_size();
-   set_personality();
-+  set_screen_size();
-   
-   all_processes         = 0;
-   bsd_c_option          = 0;
diff --git a/procps-3.2.8-sysctlerr.dif b/procps-3.2.8-sysctlerr.dif
deleted file mode 100644
index c3c0a59..0000000
--- a/procps-3.2.8-sysctlerr.dif
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
---- sysctl.c
-+++ sysctl.c	2010-01-29 14:22:55.119429196 +0000
-@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ static int ReadSetting(const char *restr
-    slashdot(outname,'/','.'); /* change / to . */
- 
-    if (stat(tmpname, &ts) < 0) {
--      perror(tmpname);
--      rc = -1;
-+      if (!IgnoreError) {
-+         perror(tmpname);
-+         rc = -1;
-+      }
-       goto out;
-    }
-    if ((ts.st_mode & S_IRUSR) == 0)
-@@ -322,8 +324,10 @@ static int WriteSetting(const char *sett
-    slashdot(outname,'/','.'); /* change / to . */
-  
-    if (stat(tmpname, &ts) < 0) {
--      perror(tmpname);
--      rc = -1;
-+      if (!IgnoreError) {
-+         perror(tmpname);
-+         rc = -1;
-+      }
-       goto out;
-    }
- 
diff --git a/procps.changes b/procps.changes
index 4c827b2..b89a3c0 100644
--- a/procps.changes
+++ b/procps.changes
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Fri Jan 29 15:24:32 CET 2010 - werner@suse.de
-
-- Sysctl: ignore not existing directories in case of -e (bnc#559866)
-- Ps: Ignore the environment variable $COLUMS if stdout is not a
-      terminal but only for $PS_PERSONALITY="posix" (bnc#497087)
-
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 15 00:26:38 CET 2009 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/procps.spec b/procps.spec
index 0cb4320..d3a9580 100644
--- a/procps.spec
+++ b/procps.spec
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ Patch26:        procps-3.2.8-pgrep_coption.dif
 Patch27:        procps-3.2.7-terabyte.dif
 Patch28:        procps-3.2.6-xen.dif
 Patch29:        procps-3.2.8-fdleak.dif
-Patch30:        procps-3.2.8-sysctlerr.dif
-Patch31:        procps-3.2.8-columns.dif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -122,8 +120,6 @@ Authors:
 %patch27
 %patch28
 %patch29
-%patch30
-%patch31
 
 %build
 make %{?jobs:-j%jobs} CFLAGS="-Wall -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -pipe" \