diff --git a/gcc44_const.patch b/gcc44_const.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0143272..0000000
--- a/gcc44_const.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-commit 5218f2f94d01fa74519472d0d72e9c43e9792624
-Author: Matthew Farrellee <matt@redhat.com>
-Date:   Wed Feb 25 13:32:43 2009 -0600
-
-    Port to gcc 4.4's stricter string functions
-    
-    gcc 4.4 is now enforcing constness for strchr strrchr strstr etc. This
-    means when we pass in a const char * we need to take out a const char
-    *, not a char *.
-
-diff --git a/src/condor_amazon/gsoap_commands.cpp b/src/condor_amazon/gsoap_commands.cpp
-index 064096d..514adab 100644
---- a/src/condor_amazon/gsoap_commands.cpp
-+++ b/src/condor_amazon/gsoap_commands.cpp
-@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ AmazonRequest::ParseSoapError(const char* callerstring)
- 
- 		// NOTE: The faultcode appears to have a qualifying 
- 		// namespace, which we need to strip
--		char *s = strrchr(*code, ':');
-+		const char *s = strrchr(*code, ':');
- 		if( s ) {
- 			s++;
- 			if( !strncasecmp(s, "Client.", strlen("Client.")) ) {
-diff --git a/src/condor_c++_util/store_cred.cpp b/src/condor_c++_util/store_cred.cpp
-index 9d43fc8..49da998 100644
---- a/src/condor_c++_util/store_cred.cpp
-+++ b/src/condor_c++_util/store_cred.cpp
-@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ char* getStoredCredential(const char *username, const char *domain)
- 
- int store_cred_service(const char *user, const char *pw, int mode)
- {
--	char *at = strchr(user, '@');
-+	const char *at = strchr(user, '@');
- 	if ((at == NULL) || (at == user)) {
- 		dprintf(D_ALWAYS, "store_cred: malformed user name\n");
- 		return FAILURE;
-diff --git a/src/condor_gridmanager/gt42_gahp_wrapper.cpp b/src/condor_gridmanager/gt42_gahp_wrapper.cpp
-index 63762ab..0336c80 100644
---- a/src/condor_gridmanager/gt42_gahp_wrapper.cpp
-+++ b/src/condor_gridmanager/gt42_gahp_wrapper.cpp
-@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ main( int argc, char* argv[] ) {
- 	Directory dir( buff.Value() );
- 	dir.Rewind();
- 	while ( (ctmp = dir.Next()) ) {
--		char *match = strstr( ctmp, ".jar" );
-+		const char *match = strstr( ctmp, ".jar" );
- 		if ( match && strlen( match ) == 4 ) {
- 			classpath += classpath_seperator;
- 			classpath += dir.GetFullPath();
-@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ main( int argc, char* argv[] ) {
- 	Directory dir2( buff.Value() );
- 	dir2.Rewind();
- 	while ( (ctmp = dir2.Next()) ) {
--		char *match = strstr( ctmp, ".jar" );
-+		const char *match = strstr( ctmp, ".jar" );
- 		if ( match && strlen( match ) == 4 ) {
- 			classpath += classpath_seperator;
- 			classpath += dir2.GetFullPath();
-diff --git a/src/condor_gridmanager/gt4_gahp_wrapper.cpp b/src/condor_gridmanager/gt4_gahp_wrapper.cpp
-index c9f23ed..3d1c09b 100644
---- a/src/condor_gridmanager/gt4_gahp_wrapper.cpp
-+++ b/src/condor_gridmanager/gt4_gahp_wrapper.cpp
-@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ main( int argc, char* argv[] ) {
- 	Directory dir( buff.Value() );
- 	dir.Rewind();
- 	while ( (ctmp = dir.Next()) ) {
--		char *match = strstr( ctmp, ".jar" );
-+		const char *match = strstr( ctmp, ".jar" );
- 		if ( match && strlen( match ) == 4 ) {
- 			classpath += classpath_seperator;
- 			classpath += dir.GetFullPath();