diff --git a/0000-New-setting-in-latest-docutils.patch b/0000-New-setting-in-latest-docutils.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 81f629a..0000000
--- a/0000-New-setting-in-latest-docutils.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 3cdc25a10f95549c163fa0b818d0ffd0f4a64470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com>
-Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 21:59:27 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] New setting in latest docutils
-
-This patch was originally authored by Marc-Antoine Parent and was
-backported for cornice-1.1.0 by Randy Barlow.
-
-Signed-off-by: Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com>
----
- cornice/ext/sphinxext.py | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/cornice/ext/sphinxext.py b/cornice/ext/sphinxext.py
-index ae4f41a..fe00926 100644
---- a/cornice/ext/sphinxext.py
-+++ b/cornice/ext/sphinxext.py
-@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ def rst2node(data):
-     document.settings.tab_width = 4
-     document.settings.pep_references = False
-     document.settings.rfc_references = False
-+    document.settings.character_level_inline_markup = False
-     document.settings.env = Env()
-     parser.parse(data, document)
-     if len(document.children) == 1:
--- 
-2.12.0
-
diff --git a/0001-Initialize-the-ref_context-as-a-dictionary.patch b/0001-Initialize-the-ref_context-as-a-dictionary.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c2bb852..0000000
--- a/0001-Initialize-the-ref_context-as-a-dictionary.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From 1f10b0b937eeb28adced360d4fa2ca76e4fe9191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com>
-Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 22:03:10 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Initialize the ref_context as a dictionary.
-
-fixes #7
-
-Signed-off-by: Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com>
----
- cornice/ext/sphinxext.py | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/cornice/ext/sphinxext.py b/cornice/ext/sphinxext.py
-index fe00926..b00fb44 100644
---- a/cornice/ext/sphinxext.py
-+++ b/cornice/ext/sphinxext.py
-@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ def rst2node(data):
-     document.settings.rfc_references = False
-     document.settings.character_level_inline_markup = False
-     document.settings.env = Env()
-+    document.settings.env.ref_context = {}
-     parser.parse(data, document)
-     if len(document.children) == 1:
-         return document.children[0]
--- 
-2.12.0
-