diff --git a/devtools/python/python-eventlet_0.17.3/throttle_response_logs.patch b/devtools/python/python-eventlet_0.17.3/throttle_response_logs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8788f951d..000000000
--- a/devtools/python/python-eventlet_0.17.3/throttle_response_logs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/eventlet/wsgi.py b/eventlet/wsgi.py
-index 7258277..057ef64 100644
---- a/eventlet/wsgi.py
-+++ b/eventlet/wsgi.py
-@@ -512,7 +512,12 @@ class HttpProtocol(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
-                 hook(self.environ, *args, **kwargs)
- 
-             if self.server.log_output:
--                self.server.log.info(self.server.log_format % {
-+                if (self.requestline.startswith('GET') and
-+                    (status_code[0] == '200')):
-+                    logger = self.server.log.debug
-+                else:
-+                    logger = self.server.log.info
-+                logger(self.server.log_format % {
-                     'client_ip': self.get_client_ip(),
-                     'client_port': self.client_address[1],
-                     'date_time': self.log_date_time_string(),
diff --git a/devtools/python/python-nose_1.3.0/enable-logging-realtime.patch b/devtools/python/python-nose_1.3.0/enable-logging-realtime.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e502ab1a..000000000
--- a/devtools/python/python-nose_1.3.0/enable-logging-realtime.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
----
- nose/plugins/logcapture.py |   13 +++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
-
---- a/nose/plugins/logcapture.py
-+++ b/nose/plugins/logcapture.py
-@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ class LogCapture(Plugin):
-     logdatefmt = None
-     clear = False
-     filters = ['-nose']
-+    realtime = False
-+
- 
-     def options(self, parser, env):
-         """Register commandline options.
-@@ -156,6 +158,10 @@ class LogCapture(Plugin):
-             "--logging-level", action="store",
-             default='NOTSET', dest="logcapture_level",
-             help="Set the log level to capture")
-+        parser.add_option(
-+            "--logging-realtime", action="store_true",
-+            default=False, dest="logcapture_realtime",
-+            help="Set to display log in realtime")
- 
-     def configure(self, options, conf):
-         """Configure plugin.
-@@ -171,6 +177,7 @@ class LogCapture(Plugin):
-         self.loglevel = options.logcapture_level
-         if options.logcapture_filters:
-             self.filters = options.logcapture_filters.split(',')
-+        self.logrealtime = options.logcapture_realtime
- 
-     def setupLoghandler(self):
-         # setup our handler with root logger
-@@ -193,6 +200,12 @@ class LogCapture(Plugin):
-             if isinstance(handler, MyMemoryHandler):
-                 root_logger.handlers.remove(handler)
-         root_logger.addHandler(self.handler)
-+
-+        # added to see realtime logging - 31 Oct 2014
-+        # add stderr output
-+        if self.logrealtime:
-+            root_logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
-+
-         # to make sure everything gets captured
-         loglevel = getattr(self, "loglevel", "NOTSET")
-         root_logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, loglevel))
-
diff --git a/devtools/python/python-rtstool-0.1a4/fix-build-error.patch b/devtools/python/python-rtstool-0.1a4/fix-build-error.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c9315cb61..000000000
--- a/devtools/python/python-rtstool-0.1a4/fix-build-error.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
- setup.py |    2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
- # under the License.
- 
- 
--from distutils.core import setup
-+from setuptools import setup
- 
- setup(name='rtstool',
-       version='0.1a4',
diff --git a/devtools/python/python-sqlalchemy_0.9.9/sqlalchemy_queue_pool_info.patch b/devtools/python/python-sqlalchemy_0.9.9/sqlalchemy_queue_pool_info.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ab977ab7..000000000
--- a/devtools/python/python-sqlalchemy_0.9.9/sqlalchemy_queue_pool_info.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
----
- lib/sqlalchemy/pool.py |   13 ++++++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/lib/sqlalchemy/pool.py
-+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/pool.py
-@@ -435,6 +435,17 @@ class _ConnectionRecord(object):
-         """
-         return {}
- 
-+    @property
-+    def pool_info(self):
-+        """The ``.pool_info`` dictionary associated with the DBAPI connection.
-+        """
-+        pool_info = dict()
-+        pool_info['Pool size'] = self.__pool.size()
-+        pool_info['Connections'] = self.__pool.checkedin()
-+        pool_info['Overflow'] = self.__pool.overflow()
-+        pool_info['Checkedout'] = self.__pool.checkedout()
-+        return pool_info
-+
-     @classmethod
-     def checkout(cls, pool):
-         rec = pool._do_get()
-@@ -540,7 +551,7 @@ class _ConnectionRecord(object):
-             self.__pool.logger.debug("Created new connection %r", connection)
-             return connection
-         except Exception as e:
--            self.__pool.logger.debug("Error on connect(): %s", e)
-+            self.__pool.logger.error("Error on connect(): %s, %s", self.__pool.status(), e)
-             raise
- 
- 
diff --git a/devtools/python/python_2.7.3/fix_pipe_leak_in_subprocess.patch b/devtools/python/python_2.7.3/fix_pipe_leak_in_subprocess.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f84fc46e..000000000
--- a/devtools/python/python_2.7.3/fix_pipe_leak_in_subprocess.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
----
- Lib/subprocess.py           |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
- Lib/test/test_subprocess.py |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
-
---- a/Lib/subprocess.py
-+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
-@@ -671,12 +671,33 @@ class Popen(object):
-          c2pread, c2pwrite,
-          errread, errwrite) = self._get_handles(stdin, stdout, stderr)
- 
--        self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
--                            cwd, env, universal_newlines,
--                            startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
--                            p2cread, p2cwrite,
--                            c2pread, c2pwrite,
--                            errread, errwrite)
-+        try:
-+            self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
-+                                cwd, env, universal_newlines,
-+                                startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
-+                                p2cread, p2cwrite,
-+                                c2pread, c2pwrite,
-+                                errread, errwrite)
-+        except Exception:
-+            # preserve original exception in case os.close raises
-+            exc_type, exc_value, exc_trace = sys.exc_info()
-+
-+            to_close = []
-+            # only close the pipes we created
-+            if stdin == PIPE:
-+                to_close.extend([p2cread, p2cwrite])
-+            if stdout == PIPE:
-+                to_close.extend([c2pread, c2pwrite])
-+            if stderr == PIPE:
-+                to_close.extend([errread, errwrite])
-+
-+            for fd in to_close:
-+                try:
-+                    os.close(fd)
-+                except OSError:
-+                    pass
-+
-+            raise exc_type, exc_value, exc_trace
- 
-         if mswindows:
-             if p2cwrite is not None:
---- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
-+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
-@@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ class BaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-         self.assertEqual(actual, expected, msg)
- 
- 
-+class PopenTestException(Exception):
-+    pass
-+
-+class PopenExecuteChildRaises(subprocess.Popen):
-+    """ POpen subclass for testing cleanup of subprocess.PIPE filehandles when
-+    _execute_child fails 
-+    """
-+    def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
-+                       cwd, env, universal_newlines,
-+                       startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
-+                       p2cread, p2cwrite,
-+                       c2pread, c2pwrite,
-+                       errread, errwrite):
-+
-+        raise PopenTestException("Forced Exception for Test")
-+
-+
- class ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
- 
-     def test_call_seq(self):
-@@ -631,6 +648,23 @@ class ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
-         time.sleep(2)
-         p.communicate("x" * 2**20)
- 
-+    # This test is Linux specific for simplicity to at least have
-+    # some coverage.  It is not a platform specific bug.
-+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.isdir('/proc/%d/fd' % os.getpid()),
-+                         "Linux specific")
-+    # Test for the fd leak reported in http://bugs.python.org/issue16327
-+    def test_failed_child_execute_fd_leak(self):
-+        fd_directory = '/proc/%d/fd' % os.getpid()
-+        num_fds_before_popen = len(os.listdir(fd_directory))
-+        with self.assertRaises(PopenTestException):
-+            PopenExecuteChildRaises(
-+                    [sys.executable, "-c", "print()"], stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-+                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-+
-+        num_fds_after_exception = len(os.listdir(fd_directory))
-+        self.assertEqual(num_fds_before_popen, num_fds_after_exception)
-+
-+
- # context manager
- class _SuppressCoreFiles(object):
-     """Try to prevent core files from being created."""
diff --git a/devtools/python/python_2.7.3/syslog_bugfix.patch b/devtools/python/python_2.7.3/syslog_bugfix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 18f41ad95..000000000
--- a/devtools/python/python_2.7.3/syslog_bugfix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
----
- Lib/logging/handlers.py |    6 +++++-
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
-+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
-@@ -742,7 +742,11 @@ class SysLogHandler(logging.Handler):
-         except socket.error:
-             self.socket.close()
-             self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
--            self.socket.connect(address)
-+            try:
-+                self.socket.connect(address)
-+            except socket.error:
-+                self.socket.close()
-+                raise
- 
-     # curious: when talking to the unix-domain '/dev/log' socket, a
-     #   zero-terminator seems to be required.  this string is placed