diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 78e0355..db301e6 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
   Rolandware that is used by the debuginfo generation.
   Possibly upstreamable ?
 
-* linux-2.6.29-sparc-IOC_TYPECHECK.patch
-  Responsible: Spot/Dennis.
-
 * linux-2.6-v4l-dvb-uvcvideo-update.patch
   Responsible: Hans.
 
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 5832d54..73320a3 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -1205,19 +1205,6 @@ ApplyOptionalPatch linux-2.6-upstream-reverts.patch -R
 # x86(-64)
 
 #
-# Intel IOMMU
-#
-
-#
-# PowerPC
-#
-
-#
-# SPARC64
-#
-ApplyPatch linux-2.6.29-sparc-IOC_TYPECHECK.patch
-
-#
 # ARM
 #
 ApplyPatch arm-omap-dt-compat.patch
diff --git a/linux-2.6.29-sparc-IOC_TYPECHECK.patch b/linux-2.6.29-sparc-IOC_TYPECHECK.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d73c30a..0000000
--- a/linux-2.6.29-sparc-IOC_TYPECHECK.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -up vanilla-2.6.29-rc7-git2/arch/sparc/include/asm/ioctl.h.BAD vanilla-2.6.29-rc7-git2/arch/sparc/include/asm/ioctl.h
---- vanilla-2.6.29-rc7-git2/arch/sparc/include/asm/ioctl.h.BAD	2009-03-09 17:01:32.000000000 -0400
-+++ vanilla-2.6.29-rc7-git2/arch/sparc/include/asm/ioctl.h	2009-03-09 16:52:27.000000000 -0400
-@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@
-          ((nr)   << _IOC_NRSHIFT) | \
-          ((size) << _IOC_SIZESHIFT))
- 
-+#ifdef __KERNEL__
-+/* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
-+extern unsigned int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
-+#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
-+        ((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
-+          sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
-+          sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
-+#else
-+#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) (sizeof(t))
-+#endif
-+
- #define _IO(type,nr)        _IOC(_IOC_NONE,(type),(nr),0)
- #define _IOR(type,nr,size)  _IOC(_IOC_READ,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
- #define _IOW(type,nr,size)  _IOC(_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))