diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b27a0a55f..caac00be5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ cmake (2.8.5-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release:
     - fixes UseSWIG. (Closes: #631497)
+  * Drop screen-256color-bce.diff - merged upstream.
+  * Drop spelling_formatting_fixes.diff - merged upstream.
 
  -- Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>  Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:47:19 +0300
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/screen-256color-bce.diff b/debian/patches/screen-256color-bce.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index d714e44b4..000000000
--- a/debian/patches/screen-256color-bce.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-From: Davide Mancusi <arekfu@gmail.com>
-Subject: Generate colour Makefiles if $TERM=screen-256color-bce
-Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627853
-Acked-By: Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>
-Forwarded: no
-Last-Update: 2011-05-24
-Origin: other, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=cmake_screen-256color-bce.patch;att=1;bug=627853
-
-Generated Makefiles do not use color highlighting if $TERM is set to
-`screen-256color-bce'. The patch fixes this.
-
---- a/Source/kwsys/Terminal.c
-+++ b/Source/kwsys/Terminal.c
-@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static const char* kwsysTerminalVT100Nam
-   "rxvt-unicode-256color",
-   "screen",
-   "screen-256color",
-+  "screen-256color-bce",
-   "screen-bce",
-   "screen-w",
-   "screen.linux",
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 640fc3fd3..cc249dfeb 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 FindBoost_add_-lpthread_#563479.diff
-screen-256color-bce.diff
 multiarch_findgtk2_fix.diff
-spelling_formatting_fixes.diff
diff --git a/debian/patches/spelling_formatting_fixes.diff b/debian/patches/spelling_formatting_fixes.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 25a1c148a..000000000
--- a/debian/patches/spelling_formatting_fixes.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-From: Modestas Vainius <modax@debian.org>
-Subject: Fix a couple of new spelling / formatting errors
-Forwarded: yes
-Origin: vendor
-Last-Update: 2011-06-19
-
-The patch fixes the following problems spotted by lintian:
-
-W: cmake-data: manpage-has-errors-from-man usr/share/man/man1/cmakemodules.1.gz 2641: warning [p 39, 1.5i]: can't break line
-I: cmake-data: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1/cmakeprops.1.gz explict explicit
-I: cmake: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/cmake explict explicit
-I: cmake: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/cpack explict explicit
-I: cmake: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/ctest explict explicit
-W: cmake: manpage-has-errors-from-man usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz 7300: warning [p 120, 3.3i]: can't break line
-I: cmake: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1/cmake.1.gz explict explicit
-I: cmake-curses-gui: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/ccmake explict explicit
-I: cmake-qt-gui: spelling-error-in-binary usr/bin/cmake-gui explict explicit
-
---- a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx
-+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx
-@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ We can also infer the edge
- because *every* time A appears B is seen on its right.  We do not know
- whether A really needs symbols from B to link, but it *might* so we
- must preserve their order.  This is the case also for the following
--explict lists:
-+explicit lists:
- 
-   X: A B Y
-   Y: A B
---- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
-+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
-@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *c
-      "For an executable with exports (see the ENABLE_EXPORTS property) "
-      "no default transitive link dependencies are used.  "
-      "This property replaces the default transitive link dependencies with "
--     "an explict list.  "
-+     "an explicit list.  "
-      "When the target is linked into another target the libraries "
-      "listed (and recursively their link interface libraries) will be "
-      "provided to the other target also.  "
---- a/Modules/FindArmadillo.cmake
-+++ b/Modules/FindArmadillo.cmake
-@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
- #  add_executable(foo foo.cc)
- #  target_link_libraries(foo ${ARMADILLO_LIBRARIES})
- #
--#=============================================================================
-+#===================================== ============= =========================
- #
- # This module sets the following variables:
- #  ARMADILLO_FOUND - set to true if the library is found