diff --git a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
index a7ef6be..f98a884 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/witherspoon_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 BR2_powerpc64le=y
 BR2_powerpc_power8=y
-BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_OP_BUILD_PATH)/patches/witherspoon-patches"
 BR2_BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
 BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
diff --git a/openpower/patches/witherspoon-patches/machine-xml/0001-Temporarily-Change-PLL-BUCKET-settings.patch b/openpower/patches/witherspoon-patches/machine-xml/0001-Temporarily-Change-PLL-BUCKET-settings.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 63867ce..0000000
--- a/openpower/patches/witherspoon-patches/machine-xml/0001-Temporarily-Change-PLL-BUCKET-settings.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From fc91388ea139d6233484e1fefc606165861f517a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Bill Hoffa <wghoffa@us.ibm.com>
-Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 15:15:01 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Temporarily Change PLL BUCKET settings
-
----
- witherspoon.xml | 8 ++++----
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/witherspoon.xml b/witherspoon.xml
-index 103e865..1319c79 100644
---- a/witherspoon.xml
-+++ b/witherspoon.xml
-@@ -18641,19 +18641,19 @@
- 	</attribute>
- 	<attribute>
- 		<id>OB0_PLL_BUCKET</id>
--		<default>1</default>
-+		<default>0x02</default>
- 	</attribute>
- 	<attribute>
- 		<id>OB1_PLL_BUCKET</id>
--		<default>1</default>
-+		<default>0x02</default>
- 	</attribute>
- 	<attribute>
- 		<id>OB2_PLL_BUCKET</id>
--		<default>1</default>
-+		<default>0x02</default>
- 	</attribute>
- 	<attribute>
- 		<id>OB3_PLL_BUCKET</id>
--		<default>1</default>
-+		<default>0x02</default>
- 	</attribute>
- 	<attribute>
- 		<id>OBUS_RATIO_VALUE</id>
--- 
-1.8.2.2
-