diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/01_ld_makefile_patch.diff b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/01_ld_makefile_patch.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cb0f614d8..0000000000
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/01_ld_makefile_patch.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -u binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/Makefile.am binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/Makefile.am
---- binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/Makefile.am	2007-06-18 19:29:29.000000000 +0200
-+++ binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/Makefile.am	2007-06-25 10:00:36.000000000 +0200
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
- # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
- # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
--scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
-+scriptdir = $(libdir)
- 
- EMUL = @EMUL@
- EMULATION_OFILES = @EMULATION_OFILES@
-diff -u binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/Makefile.in binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/Makefile.in
---- binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/Makefile.in	2007-06-18 19:29:29.000000000 +0200
-+++ binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/Makefile.in	2007-06-25 10:00:36.000000000 +0200
-@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
- # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
- # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
- # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
--scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
-+scriptdir = $(libdir)
- BASEDIR = $(srcdir)/..
- BFDDIR = $(BASEDIR)/bfd
- INCDIR = $(BASEDIR)/include
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/02_fix-missing-makeinfo.diff b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/02_fix-missing-makeinfo.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fa934b9be..0000000000
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/02_fix-missing-makeinfo.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-This patch avoids the "missing" script to return an error when
-makeinfo (from texinfo package) isn't available on host
-
---- binutils-2.17.50.0.17.orig/missing	2007-10-17 02:04:41.000000000 +0200
-+++ binutils-2.17.50.0.17/missing	2007-10-17 02:05:24.000000000 +0200
-@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
-     fi
-     # If the file does not exist, the user really needs makeinfo;
-     # let's fail without touching anything.
--    test -f $file || exit 1
-+    # test -f $file || exit 1
-     touch $file
-     ;;
- 
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/110-arm-eabi-conf.diff b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/110-arm-eabi-conf.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index af26329d90..0000000000
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/110-arm-eabi-conf.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -rdup binutils-2.18.50.0.3.orig/configure binutils-2.18.50.0.3/configure
---- binutils-2.18.50.0.3.orig/configure	2007-11-22 12:41:26.000000000 +0100
-+++ binutils-2.18.50.0.3/configure	2007-11-22 12:45:01.000000000 +0100
-@@ -2245,7 +2245,7 @@ case "${target}" in
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libffi target-qthreads"
-     libgloss_dir=arm
-     ;;
--  arm*-*-linux-gnueabi)
-+  arm*-*-linux-*gnueabi)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-qthreads"
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libobjc"
-     case ${with_newlib} in
-diff -rdup binutils-2.18.50.0.3.orig/configure.ac binutils-2.18.50.0.3/configure.ac
---- binutils-2.18.50.0.3.orig/configure.ac	2007-11-22 12:41:26.000000000 +0100
-+++ binutils-2.18.50.0.3/configure.ac	2007-11-22 12:44:54.000000000 +0100
-@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ case "${target}" in
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libffi target-qthreads"
-     libgloss_dir=arm
-     ;;
--  arm*-*-linux-gnueabi)
-+  arm*-*-linux-*gnueabi)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-qthreads"
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libobjc"
-     case ${with_newlib} in
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/12_check_ldrunpath_length.diff b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/12_check_ldrunpath_length.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index c054f26005..0000000000
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/12_check_ldrunpath_length.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.3.orig/ld/emultempl/elf32.em binutils-2.20.51.0.3/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
---- binutils-2.20.51.0.3.orig/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2009-11-17 21:44:38.142032544 +0100
-+++ binutils-2.20.51.0.3/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2009-11-17 21:46:37.073216252 +0100
-@@ -1250,7 +1250,9 @@
- 	      && command_line.rpath == NULL)
- 	    {
- 	      lib_path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
--	      if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,
-+              if ((lib_path) && (strlen (lib_path) == 0))
-+                lib_path = NULL;
-+              if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,
- 						      force))
- 		break;
- 	    }
-@@ -1476,6 +1478,8 @@
-   rpath = command_line.rpath;
-   if (rpath == NULL)
-     rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
-+  if ((rpath) && (strlen (rpath) == 0))
-+    rpath = NULL;
- 
-   for (abfd = link_info.input_bfds; abfd; abfd = abfd->link_next)
-     {
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/binutils-2.20.51.0.9-multi_os_directory.diff b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/binutils-2.20.51.0.9-multi_os_directory.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9a428c9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/patches/binutils-2.20.51.0.9-multi_os_directory.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/bfd/configure binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/bfd/configure
+--- binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/bfd/configure	2010-05-27 11:22:20.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/bfd/configure	2010-05-27 16:15:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -10320,7 +10320,7 @@
+   # Ok, now we have the path, separated by spaces, we can step through it
+   # and add multilib dir if necessary.
+   lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec=
+-  lt_multi_os_dir=`$CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory 2>/dev/null`
++  lt_multi_os_dir='../lib'
+   for lt_sys_path in $lt_search_path_spec; do
+     if test -d "$lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"; then
+       lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec="$lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec $lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"
+diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/binutils/configure binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/binutils/configure
+--- binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/binutils/configure	2010-05-27 11:22:22.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/binutils/configure	2010-05-27 16:15:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -10114,7 +10114,7 @@
+   # Ok, now we have the path, separated by spaces, we can step through it
+   # and add multilib dir if necessary.
+   lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec=
+-  lt_multi_os_dir=`$CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory 2>/dev/null`
++  lt_multi_os_dir='../lib'
+   for lt_sys_path in $lt_search_path_spec; do
+     if test -d "$lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"; then
+       lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec="$lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec $lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"
+diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/gas/configure binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/gas/configure
+--- binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/gas/configure	2010-04-13 06:26:42.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/gas/configure	2010-05-27 16:15:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -10101,7 +10101,7 @@
+   # Ok, now we have the path, separated by spaces, we can step through it
+   # and add multilib dir if necessary.
+   lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec=
+-  lt_multi_os_dir=`$CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory 2>/dev/null`
++  lt_multi_os_dir='../lib'
+   for lt_sys_path in $lt_search_path_spec; do
+     if test -d "$lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"; then
+       lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec="$lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec $lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"
+diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/gprof/configure binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/gprof/configure
+--- binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/gprof/configure	2010-04-13 06:26:45.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/gprof/configure	2010-05-27 16:15:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -10039,7 +10039,7 @@
+   # Ok, now we have the path, separated by spaces, we can step through it
+   # and add multilib dir if necessary.
+   lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec=
+-  lt_multi_os_dir=`$CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory 2>/dev/null`
++  lt_multi_os_dir='../lib'
+   for lt_sys_path in $lt_search_path_spec; do
+     if test -d "$lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"; then
+       lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec="$lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec $lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"
+diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/ld/configure binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/ld/configure
+--- binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/ld/configure	2010-05-27 11:22:31.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/ld/configure	2010-05-27 16:15:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -10528,7 +10528,7 @@
+   # Ok, now we have the path, separated by spaces, we can step through it
+   # and add multilib dir if necessary.
+   lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec=
+-  lt_multi_os_dir=`$CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory 2>/dev/null`
++  lt_multi_os_dir='../lib'
+   for lt_sys_path in $lt_search_path_spec; do
+     if test -d "$lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"; then
+       lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec="$lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec $lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"
+diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/libiberty/Makefile.in binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/libiberty/Makefile.in
+--- binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/libiberty/Makefile.in	2010-05-27 11:22:33.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/libiberty/Makefile.in	2010-05-27 16:15:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
+ # multilib-specific flags, it's overridden by FLAGS_TO_PASS from the
+ # default multilib, so we have to take CFLAGS into account as well,
+ # since it will be passed the multilib flags.
+-MULTIOSDIR = `$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -print-multi-os-directory`
++MULTIOSDIR = '../lib'
+ install_to_libdir: all
+ 	${mkinstalldirs} $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(MULTIOSDIR)
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TARGETLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(MULTIOSDIR)/$(TARGETLIB)n
+diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/libtool.m4 binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/libtool.m4
+--- binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/libtool.m4	2010-01-15 09:05:56.000000000 -0800
++++ binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/libtool.m4	2010-05-27 16:15:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@
+   # Ok, now we have the path, separated by spaces, we can step through it
+   # and add multilib dir if necessary.
+   lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec=
+-  lt_multi_os_dir=`$CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory 2>/dev/null`
++  lt_multi_os_dir='../lib'
+   for lt_sys_path in $lt_search_path_spec; do
+     if test -d "$lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"; then
+       lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec="$lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec $lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"
+diff -Naur binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/opcodes/configure binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/opcodes/configure
+--- binutils-2.20.51.0.9-old/opcodes/configure	2010-04-13 06:26:47.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.20.51.0.9-new/opcodes/configure	2010-05-27 16:15:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -10050,7 +10050,7 @@
+   # Ok, now we have the path, separated by spaces, we can step through it
+   # and add multilib dir if necessary.
+   lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec=
+-  lt_multi_os_dir=`$CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -print-multi-os-directory 2>/dev/null`
++  lt_multi_os_dir='../lib'
+   for lt_sys_path in $lt_search_path_spec; do
+     if test -d "$lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"; then
+       lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec="$lt_tmp_lt_search_path_spec $lt_sys_path/$lt_multi_os_dir"