diff --git a/sys-devel/sparse/patches/sparse-master.diff b/sys-devel/sparse/patches/sparse-master.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 70f7a9592..000000000
--- a/sys-devel/sparse/patches/sparse-master.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 3eab17e..146da72 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ HAVE_LIBXML=$(shell pkg-config --exists libxml-2.0 && echo 'yes')
- #
- # For debugging, uncomment the next one
- #
--CFLAGS += -DDEBUG
-+#CFLAGS += -DDEBUG
- 
- DESTDIR=
- PREFIX=$(HOME)
-diff --git a/allocate.h b/allocate.h
-index 9f1dc8c..abde7a0 100644
---- a/allocate.h
-+++ b/allocate.h
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- struct allocation_blob {
- 	struct allocation_blob *next;
- 	unsigned int left, offset;
--	unsigned char data[];
-+	unsigned char data[1];
- };
- 
- struct allocator_struct {
-diff --git a/compat/strtold.c b/compat/strtold.c
-index 1b6ad7d..0749e33 100644
---- a/compat/strtold.c
-+++ b/compat/strtold.c
-@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
- 
- long double string_to_ld(const char *nptr, char **endptr)
- {
--	return strtold(nptr, endptr);
-+	//return strtold(nptr, endptr);
-+	return strtod(nptr, endptr);
- }
-diff --git a/evaluate.c b/evaluate.c
-index 2a126dd..4c09dee 100644
---- a/evaluate.c
-+++ b/evaluate.c
-@@ -152,24 +152,24 @@ static struct symbol *bigger_int_type(struct symbol *left, struct symbol *right)
- 	right = integer_promotion(right);
- 
- 	if (left == right)
--		goto left;
-+		goto lleft;
- 
- 	if (left->bit_size > right->bit_size)
--		goto left;
-+		goto lleft;
- 
- 	if (right->bit_size > left->bit_size)
--		goto right;
-+		goto lright;
- 
- 	lmod = left->ctype.modifiers;
- 	rmod = right->ctype.modifiers;
- 	if ((lmod ^ rmod) & MOD_UNSIGNED) {
- 		if (lmod & MOD_UNSIGNED)
--			goto left;
-+			goto lleft;
- 	} else if ((lmod & ~rmod) & (MOD_LONG | MOD_LONGLONG))
--		goto left;
--right:
-+		goto lleft;
-+lright:
- 	left = right;
--left:
-+lleft:
- 	return left;
- }
- 
-diff --git a/lib.c b/lib.c
-index 75afdb7..973d953 100644
---- a/lib.c
-+++ b/lib.c
-@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ int die_if_error = 0;
- # define __GNUC__ 2
- # define __GNUC_MINOR__ 95
- # define __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ 0
-+#else
-+# ifndef __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__
-+#  define __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ 3
-+# endif
- #endif
- 
- int gcc_major = __GNUC__;
-diff --git a/token.h b/token.h
-index ba7866d..6cea61a 100644
---- a/token.h
-+++ b/token.h
-@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct ident {
- 	unsigned char tainted:1,
- 	              reserved:1,
- 		      keyword:1;
--	char name[];		/* Actual identifier */
-+	char name[1];		/* Actual identifier */
- };
- 
- enum token_type {
-@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ enum special_token {
- 
- struct string {
- 	unsigned int length;
--	char data[];
-+	char data[1];
- };
- 
- /* will fit into 32 bits */