diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/0002-Fix-server-crash-when-bribing.patch b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/0002-Fix-server-crash-when-bribing.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a57b736..0000000
--- a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/0002-Fix-server-crash-when-bribing.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-From d3e0ef6afe7c3f99d6a2af400d0c7c776695ac84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Marko Lindqvist <cazfi74@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 22:56:11 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix server crash when bribing
-
-Reported by omero
-
-See osdn #48931
-
-Signed-off-by: Marko Lindqvist <cazfi74@gmail.com>
----
- server/diplomats.c | 12 ++++++------
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/server/diplomats.c b/server/diplomats.c
-index 9787a82d0e..83547aa68f 100644
---- a/server/diplomats.c
-+++ b/server/diplomats.c
-@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ void diplomat_investigate(struct player *pplayer, struct unit *pdiplomat,
-   action_consequence_success(ACTION_SPY_INVESTIGATE_CITY, pplayer, cplayer,
-                              city_tile(pcity), city_link(pcity));
- 
-+  conn_list_iterate(pplayer->connections, pconn) {
-+    if (has_capability("obsinv", pconn->capability)) {
-+      dsend_packet_investigate_finished(pconn, pdiplomat->id, pcity->id);
-+    }
-+  } conn_list_iterate_end;
-+
-   /* Spies always survive. Diplomats never do. */
-   if (!unit_has_type_flag(pdiplomat, UTYF_SPY)) {
-     wipe_unit(pdiplomat, ULR_USED, NULL);
-@@ -1483,12 +1489,6 @@ static bool diplomat_infiltrate_tile(struct player *pplayer,
-     }
-   } unit_list_iterate_end;
- 
--  conn_list_iterate(pplayer->connections, pconn) {
--    if (has_capability("obsinv", pconn->capability)) {
--      dsend_packet_investigate_finished(pconn, pdiplomat->id, pcity->id);
--    }
--  } conn_list_iterate_end;
--
-   return TRUE;
- }
- 
--- 
-2.42.0
-
diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/dummy-qtver-S2_6.patch b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/dummy-qtver-S2_6.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c9bfc29..0000000
--- a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv/dummy-qtver-S2_6.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index e7651bea3e..a36dad82b1 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -658,6 +658,15 @@ if test "x$XMLREGISTRY" = "xyes" ; then
-   AC_DEFINE([FREECIV_HAVE_XML_REGISTRY], [1], [Build xml-backend for registry])
- fi
- 
-+dnl Dummy configure option for OpenEmbedded build of older branches
-+dnl to avoid unrecognised option error
-+AC_ARG_WITH([qtver],
-+  AS_HELP_STRING([--with-qtver], [which Qt version to build against [qt5]]),
-+[case "${withval}" in
-+ qt5|Qt5) ;;
-+ *) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --with-qtver]) ;;
-+esac])
-+
- dnl Set debug flags supported by compiler
- EXTRA_DEBUG_CFLAGS=""
- EXTRA_DEBUG_CXXFLAGS=""
diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.6.10.bb b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.6.10.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c8555b..0000000
--- a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_2.6.10.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-require freeciv-qt5.inc
-
-SRC_URI += "\
-${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/freeciv/freeciv-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
-file://0002-Fix-server-crash-when-bribing.patch \
-file://allow-root.patch \
-file://dummy-qtver-S2_6.patch \
-"
-
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b7f5eb4cc99abeea1123614889f1432864014de4962839fabfa23fe4c64ad49d"