diff --git a/debian/patches/0007-loosen-omniauth-google-oauth2.patch b/debian/patches/0007-loosen-omniauth-google-oauth2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ddc1786287..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0007-loosen-omniauth-google-oauth2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ gem "pg", '~> 0.18.2', group: :postgres
- gem "devise", '~> 3.5.1'
- gem "devise-async", '~> 0.9.0'
- gem 'omniauth', "~> 1.2.2"
--gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2', '~> 0.2.5'
-+gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2', '~> 0.2.4'
- gem 'omniauth-twitter', '~> 1.0.1'
- gem 'omniauth-github', '~> 1.1.1'
- gem 'omniauth-shibboleth', '~> 1.1.1'
diff --git a/debian/patches/0008-loosen-omniauth-twitter.patch b/debian/patches/0008-loosen-omniauth-twitter.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f1a9f0c40a..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0008-loosen-omniauth-twitter.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ gem "devise", '~> 3.5.1'
- gem "devise-async", '~> 0.9.0'
- gem 'omniauth', "~> 1.2.2"
- gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2', '~> 0.2.4'
--gem 'omniauth-twitter', '~> 1.0.1'
-+gem 'omniauth-twitter', '~> 1.0'
- gem 'omniauth-github', '~> 1.1.1'
- gem 'omniauth-shibboleth', '~> 1.1.1'
- gem 'omniauth-kerberos', '~> 0.2.0', group: :kerberos
diff --git a/debian/patches/0009-loosen-omniauth-shibboleth.patch b/debian/patches/0009-loosen-omniauth-shibboleth.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 62a7fea6aa..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0009-loosen-omniauth-shibboleth.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ gem 'omniauth', "~> 1.2.2"
- gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2', '~> 0.2.4'
- gem 'omniauth-twitter', '~> 1.0'
- gem 'omniauth-github', '~> 1.1.1'
--gem 'omniauth-shibboleth', '~> 1.1.1'
-+gem 'omniauth-shibboleth', '~> 1.2'
- gem 'omniauth-kerberos', '~> 0.2.0', group: :kerberos
- gem 'omniauth-gitlab', '~> 1.0.0'
- gem 'omniauth-bitbucket', '~> 0.0.2'
diff --git a/debian/patches/0010-loosen-omniauth-kerberos.patch b/debian/patches/0010-loosen-omniauth-kerberos.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6aa54212c6..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0010-loosen-omniauth-kerberos.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2', '~> 0.2.4'
- gem 'omniauth-twitter', '~> 1.0'
- gem 'omniauth-github', '~> 1.1.1'
- gem 'omniauth-shibboleth', '~> 1.2'
--gem 'omniauth-kerberos', '~> 0.2.0', group: :kerberos
-+gem 'omniauth-kerberos', '~> 0.3.0', group: :kerberos
- gem 'omniauth-gitlab', '~> 1.0.0'
- gem 'omniauth-bitbucket', '~> 0.0.2'
- gem 'omniauth-saml', '~> 1.4.0'
diff --git a/debian/patches/0011-loosen-rack-cors.patch b/debian/patches/0011-loosen-rack-cors.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ace63955e..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0011-loosen-rack-cors.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-Forwarded: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/2800
-
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ gem "gitlab-linguist", "~> 3.0.1", requi
- # API
- gem "grape", "~> 0.6"
- gem "grape-entity", "~> 0.4.2"
--gem 'rack-cors', '~> 0.2.9', require: 'rack/cors'
-+gem 'rack-cors', '~> 0.4.0', require: 'rack/cors'
- 
- # Format dates and times
- # based on human-friendly examples
diff --git a/debian/patches/0014-loosen-haml-rails.patch b/debian/patches/0014-loosen-haml-rails.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fcfe6be8b4..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0014-loosen-haml-rails.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ gem 'enumerize', '~> 1.0.0'
- gem "kaminari", "~> 0.15.1"
- 
- # HAML
--gem "haml-rails", '~> 0.5.3'
-+gem "haml-rails", '~> 0.9.0'
- 
- # Files attachments
- gem "carrierwave", '~> 0.9.0'
diff --git a/debian/patches/0023-loosen-tinder.patch b/debian/patches/0023-loosen-tinder.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c503bdb767..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0023-loosen-tinder.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ gem 'version_sorter', '~> 2.0.0'
- gem "redis-rails", '~> 4.0.0'
- 
- # Campfire integration
--gem 'tinder', '~> 1.9.2'
-+gem 'tinder', '~> 1.10.0'
- 
- # HipChat integration
- gem 'hipchat', '~> 1.5.0'
diff --git a/debian/patches/0024-loosen-slack-notifier.patch b/debian/patches/0024-loosen-slack-notifier.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ca8723994c..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0024-loosen-slack-notifier.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ gem "gitlab-flowdock-git-hook", "~> 1.0.
- gem "gemnasium-gitlab-service", "~> 0.2"
- 
- # Slack integration
--gem "slack-notifier", "~> 1.0.0"
-+gem "slack-notifier", "~> 1.2.1"
- 
- # Asana integration
- gem 'asana', '~> 0.0.6'
diff --git a/debian/patches/0030-loosen-uglifier.patch b/debian/patches/0030-loosen-uglifier.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 315a3e0797..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0030-loosen-uglifier.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ gem 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.6.9.4'
- 
- gem "sass-rails", '~> 5.0.3'
- gem "coffee-rails", '~> 4.1.0'
--gem "uglifier", '~> 2.3.2'
-+gem "uglifier", '~> 2.3'
- gem 'turbolinks', '~> 2.5.0'
- gem 'jquery-turbolinks', '~> 2.0.1'
- 
diff --git a/debian/patches/0103-loosen-whenever.patch b/debian/patches/0103-loosen-whenever.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c4336a2f7..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0103-loosen-whenever.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ gem 'activerecord-session_store', '~> 0.
- gem "nested_form", '~> 0.3.2'
- 
- # Scheduled
--gem 'whenever', '~> 0.8.4', require: false
-+gem 'whenever', '~> 0.9.4', require: false
- 
- # OAuth
- gem 'oauth2', '~> 1.0.0'
diff --git a/debian/patches/0104-loosen-kaminari.patch b/debian/patches/0104-loosen-kaminari.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 00e71783e7..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0104-loosen-kaminari.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ gem "stamp", '~> 0.6.0'
- gem 'enumerize', '~> 1.0.0'
- 
- # Pagination
--gem "kaminari", "~> 0.15.1"
-+gem "kaminari", "~> 0.16.3"
- 
- # HAML
- gem "haml-rails", '~> 0.9.0'
diff --git a/debian/patches/0105-loosen-slim.patch b/debian/patches/0105-loosen-slim.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 216011dea5..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/0105-loosen-slim.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: gitlab/Gemfile
-===================================================================
---- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
-+++ gitlab/Gemfile
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ gem "state_machine", '~> 1.2.0'
- gem 'acts-as-taggable-on', '~> 3.4'
- 
- # Background jobs
--gem 'slim', '~> 2.0.2'
-+gem 'slim', '~> 3.0.6'
- gem 'sinatra', '~> 1.4.4', require: nil
- gem 'sidekiq', '3.4.2'
- gem 'sidetiq', '~> 0.6.3'