diff --git a/general/prog/gcc.xml b/general/prog/gcc.xml
index af433f5698..0765cfd45f 100644
--- a/general/prog/gcc.xml
+++ b/general/prog/gcc.xml
@@ -112,16 +112,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
-    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
-      <listitem>
-        <para>
-          Required patch:
-          <ulink url="&patch-root;/gcc-&gcc-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch"/>
-        </para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GCC Dependencies</bridgehead>
 <!--
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
@@ -178,16 +168,10 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      Install <application>GCC</application> by running the following commands.
-      <!-- dropping the patch in really needs an explanation, but does
-      not fit well with the current text. -->
-      It is necessary to apply the same patch now used in LFS to fix
-      various regressions.
+      Install <application>GCC</application> by running the following commands:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch &amp;&amp;
-
-case $(uname -m) in
+<screen><userinput>case $(uname -m) in
   x86_64)
     sed -i.orig '/m64=/s/lib64/lib/' gcc/config/i386/t-linux64
   ;;