diff --git a/dev-util/gftools/files/gftools-setup.diff b/dev-util/gftools/files/gftools-setup.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 9227b85488..0000000000
--- a/dev-util/gftools/files/gftools-setup.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ setup(
- #                      see: https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/2048
-         'setuptools',
-         'FontTools[ufo]',
--        'Flask',
-         'absl-py',
-         'glyphsLib',
-         'PyGithub',
diff --git a/dev-util/gftools/files/gftools-tests.diff b/dev-util/gftools/files/gftools-tests.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index c2c2124af7..0000000000
--- a/dev-util/gftools/files/gftools-tests.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
---- a/Lib/gftools/tests/test_qa.py
-+++ b/Lib/gftools/tests/test_qa.py
-@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
- import subprocess
- import unittest
-+import pytest
- import tempfile
- import os
- 
-@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class TestQA(unittest.TestCase):
-             self.assertTrue("Fontbakery" in os.listdir(qa_out))
- 
-     def test_diff_github_fonts_vs_googlefonts_vf(self):
-+        if not 'GH_TOKEN' in os.environ.keys(): pytest.skip("GH_TOKEN not provided")
-         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as qa_out:
-             subprocess.call(
-                 [
---- a/Lib/gftools/tests/test_stat.py
-+++ b/Lib/gftools/tests/test_stat.py
-@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def test_gen_stat_tables_from_config(var
-         - name: Italic
-           value: 1
-     """
--    config = yaml.load(config_text)
-+    config = yaml.safe_load(config_text)
-     gen_stat_tables_from_config(config, var_fonts)
-     roman, italic = var_fonts
-