diff --git a/DOCS/xml/es/documentation.xml b/DOCS/xml/es/documentation.xml
index 4ffd5a8e14..561a999c61 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/es/documentation.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/es/documentation.xml
@@ -189,4 +189,3 @@ License Version 2 (GPL v.2).
 &bugs.xml;
 &skin.xml;
 &users-vs-dev.xml;
-&patches.xml;
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/es/patches.xml b/DOCS/xml/es/patches.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 957a007a16..0000000000
--- a/DOCS/xml/es/patches.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- synced with 1.2 -->
-<appendix id="patches">
-<title>Como enviar parches</title>
-<para>
-Por favor vea <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">este archivo</ulink>.
-</para>
-</appendix>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/pl/documentation.xml b/DOCS/xml/pl/documentation.xml
index 5725182ce8..e8bbc1543d 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/pl/documentation.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/pl/documentation.xml
@@ -193,4 +193,3 @@ mog
 &bugs.xml;
 &skin.xml;
 &users-vs-dev.xml;
-&patches.xml;
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/pl/patches.xml b/DOCS/xml/pl/patches.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c5eb3eccf..0000000000
--- a/DOCS/xml/pl/patches.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-2"?>
-<!-- synced with 1.2 -->
-<appendix id="patches">
-<title>Jak przesy³aæ poprawki (patche)</title>
-<para>
-Proszê przeczytaæ <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">ten plik</ulink>.
-</para>
-</appendix>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/ru/documentation.xml b/DOCS/xml/ru/documentation.xml
index a8f1f19244..f4cfb9f70a 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/ru/documentation.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/ru/documentation.xml
@@ -191,4 +191,3 @@ Public License Version 2.
 &bugs.xml;
 &skin.xml;
 &users-vs-dev.xml;
-&patches.xml;
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/ru/patches.xml b/DOCS/xml/ru/patches.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0580530741..0000000000
--- a/DOCS/xml/ru/patches.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="koi8-r"?>
-<!-- synced with 1.2 -->
-<appendix id="patches">
-<title>ëÁË ÐÒÉÓÙÌÁÔØ ÐÁÔÞÉ</title>
-<para>
-ðÏÖÁÌÕÊÓÔÁ, ÓÍ. <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">ÜÔÏÔ ÆÁÊÌ</ulink>.
-</para>
-</appendix>