diff --git a/sysvinit/sysvinit/log-start-completion-of-init-steps.patch b/sysvinit/sysvinit/log-start-completion-of-init-steps.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba1b2e1..0000000
--- a/sysvinit/sysvinit/log-start-completion-of-init-steps.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
----
- rc |    7 +++++++
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
-
---- a/rc
-+++ b/rc
-@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ startup_progress() {
- startup() {
-   # Handle verbosity
-   [ "$VERBOSE" = very ] && echo "INIT: Running $@..."
-+  logger "INIT: Running $@..."
- 
-   case "$1" in
- 	*.sh)
-@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@ startup() {
- 		"$@"
- 		;;
-   esac
-+  if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-+      logger "INIT: Running $@ PASSED"
-+  else
-+      logger "INIT: Running $@ FAILED"
-+  fi
-+
-   startup_progress
- }
- 
diff --git a/sysvinit/sysvinit/log_timestamp.patch b/sysvinit/sysvinit/log_timestamp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e96e73..0000000
--- a/sysvinit/sysvinit/log_timestamp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
----
- sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/bootlogd.c |   13 +++++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
---- a/sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/bootlogd.c
-+++ b/sysvinit-2.88dsf/src/bootlogd.c
-@@ -352,17 +352,26 @@ int consolename(char *res, int rlen)
- void writelog(FILE *fp, unsigned char *ptr, int len)
- {
- 	time_t		t;
-+        struct timespec ts;
- 	char		*s;
- 	char		tmp[8];
-+        char            time_buf[64];
- 	int		olen = len;
- 	int		dosync = 0;
- 	int		tlen;
-+        int             pos;
- 
- 	while (len > 0) {
- 		tmp[0] = 0;
- 		if (didnl) {
--			time(&t);
--			s = ctime(&t);
-+                        clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
-+                        pos = strftime(time_buf, sizeof(time_buf), "%FT%T", localtime(&ts.tv_sec));
-+                        if (pos > 0) {
-+                           snprintf(&time_buf[pos], sizeof(time_buf) - pos, ".%03ld", ts.tv_nsec/1000000);
-+                           s = time_buf;
-+                           }
-+                        else
-+			    s = ctime(&ts.tv_sec);
- 			fprintf(fp, "%.24s: ", s);
- 			didnl = 0;
- 		}