diff --git a/SuperBuild/CMake/External_gdal.cmake b/SuperBuild/CMake/External_gdal.cmake
index 7f501aad6459f5c5e7a089577f0170d6f8028e13..a76075af1adfc2996686a606df020c750f99f151 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/CMake/External_gdal.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/CMake/External_gdal.cmake
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ else()
       DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}
       DEPENDS ${${proj}_DEPENDENCIES}
       UPDATE_COMMAND  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${GDAL_SB_SRC} ${GDAL_SB_BUILD_DIR}
-      PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${GDAL_SB_SRC}/config.rpath COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/patches/GDAL/GNUmakefile ${GDAL_SB_SRC}/swig/python/GNUmakefile
+      PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${GDAL_SB_SRC}/config.rpath
       CONFIGURE_COMMAND
         # use 'env' because CTest launcher doesn't perform shell interpretation
         ${SB_ENV_CONFIGURE_CMD}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ else()
        INSTALL_DIR ${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}
       DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}
        DEPENDS ${${proj}_DEPENDENCIES}
-       PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory  ${GDAL_SB_SRC} ${GDAL_SB_BUILD_DIR} COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/patches/GDAL/GNUmakefile ${GDAL_SB_SRC}/swig/python/GNUmakefile
+       PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory  ${GDAL_SB_SRC} ${GDAL_SB_BUILD_DIR}
        CONFIGURE_COMMAND  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/patches/${proj}/ogrsqlitevirtualogr.cpp
       ${GDAL_SB_BUILD_DIR}/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/sqlite/ogrsqlitevirtualogr.cpp
        BUILD_COMMAND nmake /f ${GDAL_SB_BUILD_DIR}/makefile.vc MSVC_VER=${MSVC_VERSION} EXT_NMAKE_OPT=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/nmake_gdal_extra.opt
diff --git a/SuperBuild/patches/GDAL/GNUmakefile b/SuperBuild/patches/GDAL/GNUmakefile
deleted file mode 100644
index c9d481886286983c42ca8e3dc6ad6aea7d3f0859..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/SuperBuild/patches/GDAL/GNUmakefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-
-
-include ../../GDALmake.opt
-
-ifndef PYTHON
-        PYTHON=python
-endif
-
-all: build
-
-BINDING = python
-include ../SWIGmake.base
-
-PACKAGE_DIR=osgeo
-SWIGOUTPUTDIR=extensions/
-
-SCRIPTS			= `ls ./scripts`
-PY_COMMANDS     =       epsg_tr.py gdalchksum.py gdal2xyz.py gcps2wld.py \
-                        gdalimport.py gdal_merge.py pct2rgb.py rgb2pct.py \
-                        gcps2vec.py
-PY_MODULES      =       ${PACKAGE_DIR}/gdal.py ${PACKAGE_DIR}/ogr.py ${PACKAGE_DIR}/osr.py ${PACKAGE_DIR}/gdalconst.py ${PACKAGE_DIR}/gdal_array.py
-
-clean:
-	-rm -f ${PACKAGE_DIR}/*.pyc
-	-rm -rf build
-	-rm -f *.pyc
-	-rm -rf *.egg-info
-	-rm -f *.so ./osgeo/*.so
-	-rm -rf dist
-
-SWIGARGS += -outdir "${PACKAGE_DIR}" 
-
-
-veryclean: clean
-	-rm -f ${WRAPPERS} ${PY_MODULES}
-	-rm -f ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/gdal_wrap.cpp 
-	-rm -f ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/gdalconst_wrap.c
-	-rm -f ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/ogr_wrap.cpp
-	-rm -f ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/osr_wrap.cpp
-	-rm -f ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/gdal_array_wrap.cpp
-
-gdal_wrap.cpp: ../include/python/gdal_python.i
-
-ogr_wrap.cpp: ../include/python/ogr_python.i
-
-osr_wrap.cpp: ../include/python/osr_python.i
-
-gdal_array_wrap.cpp:  ../include/gdal_array.i ../include/python/typemaps_python.i
-	$(SWIG) $(SWIGARGS) $(SWIGDEFINES) -I$(GDAL_ROOT) -c++ -$(BINDING) -o $(SWIGOUTPUTDIR)$@ gdal_array.i
-
-# A few hacks (cat, mv) : the first one for SWIG < 1.3.36 and the second one for SWIG <= 1.3.39 python 3.X on 64bit platforms
-# The python3.2.patch is from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3057804&group_id=1645&atid=101645
-# and is no longer necessary with swig 2.0.4
-generate: ${WRAPPERS} gdal_array_wrap.cpp
-	for i in gdal_wrap.cpp gdalconst_wrap.c ogr_wrap.cpp osr_wrap.cpp gdal_array_wrap.cpp; do sed "s/PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, mesg)/PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, mesg)/" ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/$$i | sed "s/int len;/Py_ssize_t len;/" > ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/$$i.tmp; mv -f ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/$$i.tmp ${SWIGOUTPUTDIR}/$$i; done
-	-grep "1\.3\.40" extensions/gdal_wrap.cpp >/dev/null && patch -p0 < python3.2.patch
-	-grep "1\.3\.40" extensions/gdal_wrap.cpp >/dev/null && cat python3.2.patch | sed "s/gdal_wrap/ogr_wrap/" | patch -p0
-	-grep "1\.3\.40" extensions/gdal_wrap.cpp >/dev/null && cat python3.2.patch | sed "s/gdal_wrap/osr_wrap/" | patch -p0
-	-grep "1\.3\.40" extensions/gdal_wrap.cpp >/dev/null && cat python3.2.patch | sed "s/gdal_wrap\.cpp/gdalconst_wrap\.c/" | patch -p0
-	-grep "1\.3\.40" extensions/gdal_wrap.cpp >/dev/null && cat python3.2.patch | sed "s/gdal_wrap/gdal_array_wrap/" | patch -p0
-    
-build:
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
-
-egg:
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py bdist_egg 
-	
-install:
-
-ifeq ($(PY_HAVE_SETUPTOOLS),1)
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py install 
-else
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=$(DESTDIR) --prefix=$(prefix)
-endif
-
-	for f in $(SCRIPTS) ; do $(INSTALL) ./scripts/$$f $(DESTDIR)$(INST_BIN) ; done
-
-docs:
-	$(PYTHON) ../include/python/docs/doxy2swig.py ../../ogr/xml/ogrlayer_8cpp.xml ../include/python/docs/ogr_layer_docs.i OGRLayerShadow OGR_L_
-
-	$(PYTHON) ../include/python/docs/doxy2swig.py ../../ogr/xml/ogrgeometry_8cpp.xml ../include/python/docs/ogr_geometry_docs.i OGRGeometryShadow OGR_G_
-
-	$(PYTHON) ../include/python/docs/doxy2swig.py ../../ogr/xml/ogrdatasource_8cpp.xml ../include/python/docs/ogr_datasource_docs.i OGRDataSourceShadow OGR_DS_
-
-
-	$(PYTHON) ../include/python/docs/doxy2swig.py ../../ogr/xml/ogrsfdriver_8cpp.xml ../include/python/docs/ogr_driver_docs.i OGRDriverShadow OGR_Dr_
-
-	$(PYTHON) ../include/python/docs/doxy2swig.py ../../ogr/xml/ogrfeature_8cpp.xml ../include/python/docs/ogr_feature_docs.i OGRFeatureShadow OGR_F_
-
-	$(PYTHON) ../include/python/docs/doxy2swig.py ../../ogr/xml/ogrfeaturedefn_8cpp.xml ../include/python/docs/ogr_featuredef_docs.i OGRFeatureDefnShadow OGR_FD_
-
-	$(PYTHON) ../include/python/docs/doxy2swig.py ../../ogr/xml/ogrfielddefn_8cpp.xml ../include/python/docs/ogr_fielddef_docs.i OGRFieldDefnShadow OGR_Fld_
-
-epydoc: generate
-	epydoc --config epydoc.conf