diff --git a/japanese/eb/files/patch-po-eb::Makefile.in b/japanese/eb/files/patch-po-eb::Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index b76faeb4f5fd..000000000000
--- a/japanese/eb/files/patch-po-eb::Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- po-eb/Makefile.in.dist	Fri Nov 26 04:25:38 2004
-+++ po-eb/Makefile.in	Fri Nov 26 04:27:28 2004
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- mkdir_p = @mkdir_p@
- INSTALL = @INSTALL@
- INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
--mkinstalldirs = $(mkdir_p)
-+mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
- 
- MSGFMT = @MSGFMT@
- XGETTEXT = @XGETTEXT@
diff --git a/japanese/eb/files/patch-po-ebutils::Makefile.in b/japanese/eb/files/patch-po-ebutils::Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 50311369b137..000000000000
--- a/japanese/eb/files/patch-po-ebutils::Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- po-ebutils/Makefile.in.dist	Fri Nov 26 04:27:42 2004
-+++ po-ebutils/Makefile.in	Fri Nov 26 04:27:53 2004
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
- mkdir_p = @mkdir_p@
- INSTALL = @INSTALL@
- INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
--mkinstalldirs = $(mkdir_p)
-+mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
- 
- MSGFMT = @MSGFMT@
- XGETTEXT = @XGETTEXT@