diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/xe/xe-linux-distribution.init b/patches/systemvm/debian/xe/xe-linux-distribution.init
deleted file mode 100644
index df6c8455213..00000000000
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/xe/xe-linux-distribution.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# xe-linux-distribution	Write Linux distribution information to XenStore.
-#
-# chkconfig: 2345 14 86
-# description: Writes Linux distribution version information to XenStore.
-#
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          XenServer Virtual Machine Tools
-# Required-Start:    $local_fs
-# Required-Stop:     $local_fs
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: XenServer Virtual Machine daemon providing host integration services
-# Description:       Writes Linux distribution version information to XenStore.
-### END INIT INFO
-
-LANG="C"
-export LANG
-
-if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ] ; then
-. /etc/init.d/functions
-else
-action()
-{
-    descr=$1 ; shift
-    cmd=$@
-    echo -n "$descr "
-    $cmd
-    ret=$?
-    if [ $ret -eq 0 ] ; then
-	echo "OK"
-    else
-	echo "Failed"
-    fi
-    return $ret
-}
-fi
-
-XE_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION=/usr/sbin/xe-linux-distribution
-XE_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION_CACHE=/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution
-XE_DAEMON=/usr/sbin/xe-daemon
-XE_DAEMON_PIDFILE=/var/run/xe-daemon.pid
-
-if [ ! -x "${XE_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION}" ] ; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-start()
-{
-    if [ ! -e /proc/xen/xenbus ] ; then
-	if [ ! -d /proc/xen ] ; then
-	    action $"Mounting xenfs on /proc/xen:" /bin/false
-	    echo "Could not find /proc/xen directory."
-	    echo "You need a post 2.6.29-rc1 kernel with CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_XENFS=y and CONFIG_XENFS=y|m"
-	    exit 1
-	else 
-	    # This is needed post 2.6.29-rc1 when /proc/xen support was pushed upstream as a xen filesystem
-	    action $"Mounting xenfs on /proc/xen:" mount -t xenfs none /proc/xen
-	fi
-    fi
-
-    if [ -e /proc/xen/capabilities ] && grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities ; then
-	# Do not want daemon in domain 0
-	exit 0
-    fi
-
-    action $"Detecting Linux distribution version:" \
-	${XE_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} ${XE_LINUX_DISTRIBUTION_CACHE}
-
-    action $"Starting xe daemon: " /bin/true
-    mkdir -p $(dirname ${XE_DAEMON_PIDFILE})
-    # This is equivalent to daemon() in C
-    ( exec &>/dev/null ; ${XE_DAEMON} -p ${XE_DAEMON_PIDFILE} & )
-}
-
-stop()
-{
-    action $"Stopping xe daemon: "   kill -TERM $(cat ${XE_DAEMON_PIDFILE})
-}
-
-# fail silently if not running xen
-if [ ! -d /proc/xen ]; then
-   exit
-fi
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-        start
-        ;;
-  stop)
-	stop
-	;;
-  force-reload|restart)
-	stop
-	start
-	;;
-  *)
-        # do not advertise unreasonable commands that there is no reason
-        # to use with this device
-        echo $"Usage: $0 start|restart"
-        exit 1
-esac
-
-exit $?
-
diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/xe/xen-vcpu-hotplug.rules b/patches/systemvm/debian/xe/xen-vcpu-hotplug.rules
deleted file mode 100644
index ecb200e2201..00000000000
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/xe/xen-vcpu-hotplug.rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="cpu", RUN+="/bin/sh -c '[ ! -e /sys$devpath/online ] || echo 1 > /sys$devpath/online'"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a23596b495f..3bb88305626 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@
               <exclude>deps/XenServerJava/Makefile</exclude>
               <exclude>dist/console-proxy/js/jquery.js</exclude>
               <exclude>scripts/vm/systemvm/id_rsa.cloud</exclude>
-              <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/xe/xen-vcpu-hotplug.rules</exclude>
-              <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/xe/xe-linux-distribution.init</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/systemvm.vmx</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/rsyslog.conf</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/cloud-nic.rules</exclude>