diff --git a/dev-cpp/vexcl/files/add-sphinx-ext-autodoc-to-conf-py.patch b/dev-cpp/vexcl/files/add-sphinx-ext-autodoc-to-conf-py.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 405376cf95..0000000000
--- a/dev-cpp/vexcl/files/add-sphinx-ext-autodoc-to-conf-py.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/docs/conf.py
-+++ b/docs/conf.py
-@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
- # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
- # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
- # ones.
--extensions = ['breathe', 'sphinx.ext.mathjax',
-+extensions = ['breathe', 'sphinx.ext.mathjax', 'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
-         'matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive']
- 
- breathe_projects = {'VEXCL' : 'xml'}
diff --git a/dev-cpp/vexcl/files/vexcl-1.4.2-include-map.patch b/dev-cpp/vexcl/files/vexcl-1.4.2-include-map.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e3fd08a16b..0000000000
--- a/dev-cpp/vexcl/files/vexcl-1.4.2-include-map.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 555a838850c96ab838a299255157fbe4fd4df2ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Denis Demidov <dennis.demidov@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 10:46:03 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Missing <map> include in backend/{opencl/compute}/filter.hpp
-
-Fixes #290
---- a/vexcl/backend/compute/filter.hpp
-+++ b/vexcl/backend/compute/filter.hpp
-@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
- #include <fstream>
- #include <string>
- #include <vector>
-+#include <map>
- #include <functional>
- #include <cstdlib>
- 
---- a/vexcl/backend/opencl/filter.hpp
-+++ b/vexcl/backend/opencl/filter.hpp
-@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
- #include <fstream>
- #include <string>
- #include <vector>
-+#include <map>
- #include <functional>
- #include <cstdlib>
- 
diff --git a/dev-cpp/vexcl/vexcl-1.4.3.ebuild b/dev-cpp/vexcl/vexcl-1.4.3.ebuild
index 4dd650c5de..eb5ca757a5 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/vexcl/vexcl-1.4.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/vexcl/vexcl-1.4.3.ebuild
@@ -35,13 +35,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/add-sphinx-ext-autodoc-to-conf-py.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-include-map.patch"
-)
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	^^ ( ${IUSE_BACKEND//+/} )
-"
+REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( ${IUSE_BACKEND//+/} )"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 src_prepare() {