diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/dont-send-msg-N-times.patch b/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/dont-send-msg-N-times.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c7bfc79400..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/dont-send-msg-N-times.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/8560
-
---- /usr/share/copr/backend/msgbus.py	2020-01-15 08:23:09.000000000 +0000
-+++ /usr/share/copr/backend/msgbus.py	2020-01-20 09:53:36.100341122 +0000
-@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
-         for attempt in range(1, self.opts.bus_publish_retries + 1):
-             try:
-                 self._send_message(message)
-+                break
-             except Exception: # pylint: disable=W0703
-                 # We don't want to halt the worker because of messaging.
-                 self.log.exception("Attempt %s to publish a message failed", attempt)
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/fixup-copr-repo-script.patch b/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/fixup-copr-repo-script.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f1fe1bb74..0000000000
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/patches/fixup-copr-repo-script.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
---- /usr/bin/copr-repo	2020-01-15 08:23:09.000000000 +0000
-+++ /usr/bin/copr-repo	2020-01-17 01:07:57.791459957 +0000
-@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
- 
- def add_appdata(opts):
-     if opts.devel or opts.no_appstream_metadata:
-+        opts.log.info("appstream-builder skipped, devel or "
-+                      "--no-appstream-metadata")
-+        return
-+
-+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(opts.projectdir, ".disable-appstream")):
-+        opts.log.info("appstream-builder skipped, .disable-appstream file")
-         return
- 
-     path = opts.directory
-@@ -199,6 +205,9 @@
-     # To avoid race conditions, remove the directories _after_ we have
-     # successfully generated the new repodata.
-     for subdir in opts.delete:
-+        if not subdir or '..' in subdir:
-+            raise Exception("removal of \"%s\" subdir requested", subdir)
-+
-         opts.log.info("removing %s subdirectory", subdir)
-         try:
-             shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(opts.directory, subdir))
-@@ -244,6 +253,7 @@
- def process_directory_path(opts):
-     helper_path = os.path.abspath(opts.directory)
-     helper_path, opts.chroot = os.path.split(helper_path)
-+    opts.projectdir = helper_path
-     helper_path, opts.dirname = os.path.split(helper_path)
-     helper_path, opts.ownername = os.path.split(helper_path)
-     opts.projectname = opts.dirname.split(':')[0]
-@@ -257,6 +267,11 @@
-     # try to setup logging based on copr-be.conf
-     process_backend_config(opts)
- 
-+    # argument parsing
-+    if '' in opts.add or '' in opts.delete:
-+        opts.log.error("'' dir addition/removal requested")
-+        return 1
-+
-     # resolve absolute path from opts.directory, and detect
-     # ownername, dirname, chroot, etc. from it
-     process_directory_path(opts)
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 391f58e16a..2216756426 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,16 +34,6 @@
 #         dest=/usr/bin/prunerepo
 #  tags: patches
 
-- name: issue 1213
-  patch: src=patches/fixup-copr-repo-script.patch
-         dest=/usr/bin/copr-repo
-  tags: patches
-
-- name: patch for https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/8560
-  patch: src=patches/dont-send-msg-N-times.patch
-         dest=/usr/share/copr/backend/msgbus.py
-  tags: patches
-
 - name: install openstackclient for image preparation
   dnf: state=present name=python3-openstackclient
   when: devel|bool