diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-5.2.patch b/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-5.2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b8d37343..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-5.2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN readline-5.2/configure.in readline-5.2-haiku/configure.in
---- readline-5.2/configure.in	2006-09-28 16:04:24.000000000 +0000
-+++ readline-5.2-haiku/configure.in	2008-08-22 11:14:49.000000000 +0000
-@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
-     i[[3456]]86-*-beos*)
-         cross_cache=${srcdir}/cross-build/x86-beos.cache
-         ;;
-+    i[[3456]]86-*-haiku*)
-+        cross_cache=${srcdir}/cross-build/x86-haiku.cache
-+        ;;
-     *)  echo "configure: cross-compiling for $host is not supported" >&2
-         ;;
-     esac
-diff -urN readline-5.2/histfile.c readline-5.2-haiku/histfile.c
---- readline-5.2/histfile.c	2006-03-31 20:48:43.000000000 +0000
-+++ readline-5.2-haiku/histfile.c	2008-08-22 10:45:20.000000000 +0000
-@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
-     {
-       write (file, bp, chars_read - (bp - buffer));
- 
--#if defined (__BEOS__)
-+#if defined (__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
-       /* BeOS ignores O_TRUNC. */
-       ftruncate (file, chars_read - (bp - buffer));
- #endif
-diff -urN readline-5.2/input.c readline-5.2-haiku/input.c
---- readline-5.2/input.c	2006-08-16 19:15:16.000000000 +0000
-+++ readline-5.2-haiku/input.c	2008-08-22 11:08:52.000000000 +0000
-@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
-       if (result == 0)
- 	return (EOF);
- 
--#if defined (__BEOS__)
-+#if defined (__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
-       if (errno == EINTR)
- 	continue;
- #endif
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.0.patch b/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bf0b96636..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN readline-6.0/configure.in readline-6.0-haiku/configure.in
---- readline-6.0/configure.in	2009-06-29 10:44:13.000000000 +0000
-+++ readline-6.0-haiku/configure.in	2009-06-29 10:39:19.000000000 +0000
-@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
-     i[[3456]]86-*-beos*)
-         cross_cache=${srcdir}/cross-build/x86-beos.cache
-         ;;
-+    i[[3456]]86-*-haiku*)
-+        cross_cache=${srcdir}/cross-build/x86-haiku.cache
-+        ;;       
-     *)  echo "configure: cross-compiling for $host is not supported" >&2
-         ;;
-     esac
-diff -urN readline-6.0/rltty.c readline-6.0-haiku/rltty.c
---- readline-6.0/rltty.c	2009-06-29 10:44:16.000000000 +0000
-+++ readline-6.0-haiku/rltty.c	2009-06-29 11:21:11.000000000 +0000
-@@ -238,7 +238,12 @@
-      TIOTYPE oldtio, *tiop;
- {
-   _rl_echoing_p = (oldtio.sgttyb.sg_flags & ECHO);
-+  
-+#if defined (ECHOCTL)
-   _rl_echoctl = (oldtio.sgttyb.sg_flags & ECHOCTL);
-+#else
-+  _rl_echoctl = (oldtio.sgttyb.sg_flags);
-+#endif
- 
-   /* Copy the original settings to the structure we're going to use for
-      our settings. */
-@@ -517,7 +522,11 @@
-      TIOTYPE oldtio, *tiop;
- {
-   _rl_echoing_p = (oldtio.c_lflag & ECHO);
-+#if defined (ECHOCTL)
-   _rl_echoctl = (oldtio.c_lflag & ECHOCTL);
-+#else
-+  _rl_echoctl = (oldtio.c_lflag);
-+#endif
- 
-   tiop->c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO);
- 
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.1.patch b/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f5d75f829..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN readline-6.1/configure.in readline-6.1-haiku/configure.in
---- readline-6.1/configure.in	2009-10-12 07:12:15.054788096 -0700
-+++ readline-6.1-haiku/configure.in	2010-10-26 10:21:29.204210176 -0700
-@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
-     i[[3456]]86-*-beos*)
-         cross_cache=${srcdir}/cross-build/x86-beos.cache
-         ;;
-+    i[[3456]]86-*-haiku*)
-+        cross_cache=${srcdir}/cross-build/x86-haiku.cache
-+        ;;        
-     *)  echo "configure: cross-compiling for $host is not supported" >&2
-         ;;
-     esac
-diff -urN readline-6.1/rltty.c readline-6.1-haiku/rltty.c
---- readline-6.1/rltty.c	2009-11-19 06:42:02.059768832 -0800
-+++ readline-6.1-haiku/rltty.c	2010-10-26 10:25:50.489160704 -0700
-@@ -238,7 +238,10 @@
-      TIOTYPE oldtio, *tiop;
- {
-   _rl_echoing_p = (oldtio.sgttyb.sg_flags & ECHO);
-+
-+#if defined (ECHOCTL)
-   _rl_echoctl = (oldtio.sgttyb.sg_flags & ECHOCTL);
-+#endif
- 
-   /* Copy the original settings to the structure we're going to use for
-      our settings. */
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-5.2.recipe b/sys-libs/readline/readline-5.2.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index e8d97ae75..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-5.2.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="readline" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html" 
-SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/readline-5.2.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="e39331f32ad14009b9ff49cc10c5e751"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd readline-5.2
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd readline-5.2
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
-COPYRIGHT="1989-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.recipe b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cc6001b9..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="readline"
-HOMEPAGE="http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html"
-SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.0.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="b7f65a48add447693be6e86f04a63019"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd readline-6.0
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	aclocal
-	autoconf
-	MANDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
-	LIBDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY`
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--libdir=$LIBDIR \
-		--mandir=$MANDIR
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd readline-6.0
-	make install DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}"
-}
-LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
-COPYRIGHT="1989-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.1.recipe b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.1.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e38331a9..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.1.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="readline"
-HOMEPAGE="http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html"
-SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.1.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="fc2f7e714fe792db1ce6ddc4c9fb4ef3"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd readline-6.1
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	aclocal
-	autoconf
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-#		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \	
-		--infodir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/info \
-		--libdir=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY` \
-		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd readline-6.1
-	make install DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}"
-}
-LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
-COPYRIGHT="1989-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."