diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6512716b1..f62a15159 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ linux (4.4~rc5-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Ben Hutchings ]
   * [arm64] Drop now-redundant patches for X-Gene (fixes FTBFS)
   * [s390x] udeb: Add crc-modules package (fixes FTBFS)
+  * cirrus,mgag200: Drop patches for compatibility with wheezy userland
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Mon, 14 Dec 2015 02:51:03 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/debian/cirrus-disable-modeset-by-default.patch b/debian/patches/debian/cirrus-disable-modeset-by-default.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fb3a3c15..000000000
--- a/debian/patches/debian/cirrus-disable-modeset-by-default.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
-Subject: cirrus: Disable by default
-Forwarded: not-needed
-
-This kernel driver is incompatible with older versions of
-xserver-xorg-video-cirrus, so do not enable it by default.  It will be
-enabled by a modprobe configuration file installed by
-xserver-xorg-video-modesetting.
-
---- a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_drv.c
-+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_drv.c
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
- 
- #include "cirrus_drv.h"
- 
--int cirrus_modeset = -1;
-+int cirrus_modeset = 0;
- int cirrus_bpp = 24;
- 
- MODULE_PARM_DESC(modeset, "Disable/Enable modesetting");
diff --git a/debian/patches/debian/mgag200-disable-autoload.patch b/debian/patches/debian/mgag200-disable-autoload.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cf023bcfe..000000000
--- a/debian/patches/debian/mgag200-disable-autoload.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
-Subject: mgag200: Disable autoload
-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:10:05 +0000
-Forwarded: not-needed
-
-This kernel driver is incompatible with older versions of
-xserver-xorg-video-mga, so do not enable it by default.  It will be
-enabled by a modprobe configuration file installed by
-xserver-xorg-video-modesetting.
-
---- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c
-+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c
-@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
-  * which then performs further device association and calls our graphics init
-  * functions
-  */
--int mgag200_modeset = -1;
-+int mgag200_modeset = 0;
- 
- MODULE_PARM_DESC(modeset, "Disable/Enable modesetting");
- module_param_named(modeset, mgag200_modeset, int, 0400);
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 75705f43c..3c0719578 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ debian/yama-disable-by-default.patch
 debian/add-sysctl-to-disallow-unprivileged-CLONE_NEWUSER-by-default.patch
 
 # Disable autoloading/probing of various drivers by default
-debian/cirrus-disable-modeset-by-default.patch
-debian/mgag200-disable-autoload.patch
 debian/cdc_ncm-cdc_mbim-use-ncm-by-default.patch
 debian/snd-pcsp-disable-autoload.patch
 bugfix/x86/viafb-autoload-on-olpc-xo1.5-only.patch