diff --git a/00139-skip-test_float-known-failure-on-arm.patch b/00139-skip-test_float-known-failure-on-arm.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d0bfad..0000000
--- a/00139-skip-test_float-known-failure-on-arm.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -up Python-2.7.2/Lib/test/test_float.py.skip-test_float-known-failure-on-arm Python-2.7.2/Lib/test/test_float.py
---- Python-2.7.2/Lib/test/test_float.py.skip-test_float-known-failure-on-arm	2011-09-08 19:34:09.000986128 -0400
-+++ Python-2.7.2/Lib/test/test_float.py	2011-09-08 19:34:57.969982779 -0400
-@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ class HexFloatTestCase(unittest.TestCase
-                     self.identical(got, expected)
- 
- 
-+    @unittest.skip('Known failure on ARM: http://bugs.python.org/issue8265')
-     def test_from_hex(self):
-         MIN = self.MIN;
-         MAX = self.MAX;
diff --git a/python3-arm-skip-failing-fragile-test.patch b/python3-arm-skip-failing-fragile-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c2fa09..0000000
--- a/python3-arm-skip-failing-fragile-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- Python-3.3.2/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.orig	2013-07-26 09:52:15.533852708 -0500
-+++ Python-3.3.2/Lib/test/test_gdb.py	2013-07-26 15:07:53.733623014 -0500
-@@ -729,8 +729,7 @@
-     foo\(1, 2, 3\)
- ''')
- 
--    @unittest.skipUnless(_thread,
--                         "Python was compiled without thread support")
-+    @unittest.skip('Known failure on ARM: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986713')
-     def test_threads(self):
-         'Verify that "py-bt" indicates threads that are waiting for the GIL'
-         cmd = '''
diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index 1132dd1..c81b3b0 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -254,14 +254,6 @@ Patch132: 00132-add-rpmbuild-hooks-to-unittest.patch
 # Some tests within distutils fail when run in an rpmbuild:
 Patch137: 00137-skip-distutils-tests-that-fail-in-rpmbuild.patch
 
-# 00139 #
-# ARM-specific: skip known failure in test_float:
-#  http://bugs.python.org/issue8265 (rhbz#706253)
-Patch139: 00139-skip-test_float-known-failure-on-arm.patch
-
-# ideally short lived patch disabling a test thats fragile on different arches
-Patch140: python3-arm-skip-failing-fragile-test.patch
-
 # 00143 #
 # Fix the --with-tsc option on ppc64, and rework it on 32-bit ppc to avoid
 # aliasing violations (rhbz#698726)
@@ -655,10 +647,6 @@ sed -r -i s/'_PIP_VERSION = "[0-9.]+"'/'_PIP_VERSION = "%{pip_version}"'/ Lib/en
 %patch111 -p1
 %patch132 -p1
 %patch137 -p1
-%ifarch %{arm}
-%patch139 -p1
-%patch140 -p1
-%endif
 %patch143 -p1 -b .tsc-on-ppc
 %patch146 -p1
 %patch155 -p1