diff --git a/audio/cmus/files/patch-configure b/audio/cmus/files/patch-configure
deleted file mode 100644
index ee957c751f73..000000000000
--- a/audio/cmus/files/patch-configure
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig	2022-05-09 00:59:25 UTC
-+++ configure
-@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ check_flac()
- 
- check_mad()
- {
--	pkg_config MAD "mad" "" "-lmad -lm"
-+	pkg_config MAD "libmad" "" "-lmad -lm"
- 	return $?
- }
- 
diff --git a/audio/qtractor/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/audio/qtractor/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
index cf20ce0b7935..8a466b19ee5d 100644
--- a/audio/qtractor/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/audio/qtractor/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
 --- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-09-01 16:15:02 UTC
 +++ CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ endif ()
  
  # Check for Qt...
  if (CONFIG_QT6)
 -  find_package (Qt6 QUIET)
 +  find_package (Qt6 REQUIRED QUIET)
    if (NOT Qt6_FOUND)
      set (CONFIG_QT6 0)
    endif ()
-@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ endif ()
- 
- # Check for MAD libraries.
- if (CONFIG_LIBMAD)
--  pkg_check_modules (MAD IMPORTED_TARGET mad)
-+  pkg_check_modules (MAD IMPORTED_TARGET libmad)
-   if (NOT MAD_FOUND)
-     message (WARNING "*** MAD library not found.")
-     set (CONFIG_LIBMAD 0)
diff --git a/audio/sonic-visualiser/files/patch-configure.ac b/audio/sonic-visualiser/files/patch-configure.ac
index 3efda3765b36..657ce488d309 100644
--- a/audio/sonic-visualiser/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ b/audio/sonic-visualiser/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -1,34 +1,29 @@
 --- configure.ac.orig	2019-12-10 09:29:11 UTC
 +++ configure.ac
-@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ SV_MODULE_OPTIONAL([libpulse],[libpulse >= 0.9],[pulse
- SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([lrdf],[lrdf >= 0.2],[lrdf.h],[lrdf],[lrdf_init])
- SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([oggz],[oggz >= 1.0.0],[oggz/oggz.h],[oggz],[oggz_run])
- SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([fishsound],[fishsound >= 1.0.0],[fishsound/fishsound.h],[fishsound],[fish_sound_new])
--SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([mad],[mad >= 0.15.0],[mad.h],[mad],[mad_decoder_init])
-+SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([mad],[libmad >= 0.15.0],[mad.h],[mad],[mad_decoder_init])
+@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([opus],[opusfile],[opus/opusfile.h]
  SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([id3tag],[id3tag >= 0.15.0],[id3tag.h],[id3tag],[id3_tag_new])
  SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([opus],[opusfile],[opus/opusfile.h],[opusfile],[op_read_float])
  
 -# Link in -lX11 if it exists -- this is for the X error handler
 -SV_MODULE_OPTIONAL([X11],[x11 >= 1.0.0],[X11/X.h],[x11],[XGetErrorText])
 +# Link in -lX11 -- this is for the X error handler
 +SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([X11],[x11 >= 1.0.0],[X11/X.h],[x11],[XGetErrorText])
  
  AC_SUBST(PERL)
  AC_SUBST(XARGS)
-@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([config.pri])
+@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ AC_OUTPUT
  
  AC_OUTPUT
  
 +if false; then
  if test -x repoint ; then
     if test -d .hg -o -d .git ; then 
        if ! ./repoint install; then
 @@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ else
     if ! test -d vamp-plugin-sdk ; then
        AC_MSG_WARN([No vamp-plugin-sdk directory present, so external components might not have been updated])
     fi
 +fi
  fi
  
  if ! $QMAKE -r sonic-visualiser.pro; then
diff --git a/multimedia/dvbcut/files/patch-src_dvbcut.pro b/multimedia/dvbcut/files/patch-src_dvbcut.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index e5f2540f027a..000000000000
--- a/multimedia/dvbcut/files/patch-src_dvbcut.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- src/dvbcut.pro.orig	2018-08-19 23:08:52 UTC
-+++ src/dvbcut.pro
-@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ system(pkg-config --exists ao) {
-     PKGCONFIG += ao
- } else { error(Please install development package libao-dev) }
- 
--system(pkg-config --exists mad) {
-+system(pkg-config --exists libmad) {
-     QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIB_MAD
--    PKGCONFIG += mad
-+    PKGCONFIG += libmad
- } else { error(Please install development package libmad0-dev) }
- 
- QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
diff --git a/multimedia/libxine/files/patch-configure b/multimedia/libxine/files/patch-configure
index 5ef94ba0253e..05d52d8a2e80 100644
--- a/multimedia/libxine/files/patch-configure
+++ b/multimedia/libxine/files/patch-configure
@@ -1,73 +1,29 @@
 --- configure.orig	2022-03-09 13:16:43 UTC
 +++ configure
 @@ -21806,7 +21806,7 @@ $as_echo "#define ARCH_X86_X32 /**/" >>confdefs.h
  
          ;;
  
 -    x86_64-*)
 +    x86_64-*|amd64-*)
                          arch_x86=64
  
  
 @@ -22270,7 +22270,7 @@ fi
  
                  if test "$sarchopt" != "no"; then
                      case "$host_or_hostalias" in
 -                        i386-*)         archopt_val="i386" ;;
 +                        i386-*) ;;
                          i486-*)         archopt_val="i486" ;;
                          i586-*)         archopt_val="pentium" ;;
                          pentium-mmx-*)  archopt_val="pentium-mmx" ;;
 @@ -29561,7 +29561,7 @@ fi
  
      if test x"$enable_dvb" != x"no"; then
          case "$host_os" in
 -            linux*) have_dvb=yes ;;
 +            linux*|freebsd*) have_dvb=yes ;;
              *) have_dvb=no ;;
          esac
          if test x"$hard_enable_dvb" = x"yes" && test x"$have_dvb" != x"yes"; then
-@@ -32826,12 +32826,12 @@ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
-         pkg_cv_LIBMAD_CFLAGS="$LIBMAD_CFLAGS"
-     else
-         if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
--    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"mad\""; } >&5
--  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "mad") 2>&5
-+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libmad\""; } >&5
-+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libmad") 2>&5
-   ac_status=$?
-   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
--  pkg_cv_LIBMAD_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "mad" 2>/dev/null`
-+  pkg_cv_LIBMAD_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "libmad" 2>/dev/null`
- else
-   pkg_failed=yes
- fi
-@@ -32844,12 +32844,12 @@ if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
-         pkg_cv_LIBMAD_LIBS="$LIBMAD_LIBS"
-     else
-         if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
--    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"mad\""; } >&5
--  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "mad") 2>&5
-+    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libmad\""; } >&5
-+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libmad") 2>&5
-   ac_status=$?
-   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
--  pkg_cv_LIBMAD_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "mad" 2>/dev/null`
-+  pkg_cv_LIBMAD_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "libmad" 2>/dev/null`
- else
-   pkg_failed=yes
- fi
-@@ -32868,9 +32868,9 @@ else
-         _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
- fi
-         if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
--	        LIBMAD_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "mad"`
-+	        LIBMAD_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "libmad"`
-         else
--	        LIBMAD_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "mad"`
-+	        LIBMAD_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "libmad"`
-         fi
- 	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
- 	echo "$LIBMAD_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
diff --git a/sysutils/cdrdao/files/patch-configure.ac b/sysutils/cdrdao/files/patch-configure.ac
index 62cbaebf259f..0c886722dd1e 100644
--- a/sysutils/cdrdao/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ b/sysutils/cdrdao/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -1,48 +1,29 @@
 Remove redundant check for libao which causes it to always be required even if
 mp3 and ogg support are disabled.
 
-Temporarily support either mad.pc or libmad.pc to prevent breakage with future
-versions of libmad. After libmad 0.16.3, new upstream renamed the pkgconfig
-file to mad.pc [1], assumingly to conform to what we and most of the Linux
-packagers decided upon almost 9 years ago [2], as the original libmad never
-had a pkgconfig file.
-
-[1] https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/libmad/commit/486e615d4d8aab5b426d8b82b7dfa9867f0b2146
-[2] https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/audio/libmad?id=d52971d56c7520e7b8af206bc70e05cceed295a5
-
 --- configure.ac.orig	2023-02-03 14:46:06 UTC
 +++ configure.ac
 @@ -314,8 +314,10 @@ dnl Check for libao
  esac
  
  dnl Check for libao
 +if test "$with_mp3_support" = yes || test "$with_ogg_support" = yes || test "$en_gcdmaster" = yes; then
  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(AO, ao >= 0.8, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AO,1,"")],
          [echo "gcdmaster, MP3 and Ogg support disabled"; en_gcdmaster=no; with_ogg_support=no; with_mp3_support=no])
 +fi
  
  dnl Check for OGG support
  if test "$with_ogg_support" = yes; then
-@@ -326,7 +328,8 @@ if test "$with_mp3_support" = yes; then
- dnl Check for MP3 support
- if test "$with_mp3_support" = yes; then
-         PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MAD, mad >= 0.10, [],
--	[echo "libMAD detection via pkg-config failed"; with_mp3_support=no])
-+        [PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MAD, libmad >= 0.10, [],
-+	[echo "libMAD detection via pkg-config failed"; with_mp3_support=no])])
- 	if test "$with_mp3_support" = no; then
- 		AC_CHECK_LIB(mad, mad_stream_init, [AC_CHECK_HEADER([mad.h])])
- 		if test "$ac_cv_lib_mad_mad_stream_init" = yes; then
-@@ -339,12 +342,6 @@ if test "$with_mp3_support" = yes; then
+@@ -339,12 +341,6 @@ if test "$with_mp3_support" = yes; then
  	                echo "MP3 support disabled"; with_mp3_support=no
  		fi
  	fi
 -fi
 -
 -dnl Check for libao support
 -if test "$with_mp3_support" = yes || test "$with_ogg_support" = yes || test "$en_gcdmaster" = yes; then
 -PKG_CHECK_MODULES(AO, ao >= 0.8, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AO,1,"")],
 -        [echo "Building of gcdmaster disabled"; en_gcdmaster=no])
  fi
  
  if test "$with_ogg_support" = yes; then
diff --git a/sysutils/mtpfs/files/patch-configure.ac b/sysutils/mtpfs/files/patch-configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index a6bbcdd5db1a..000000000000
--- a/sysutils/mtpfs/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2022-05-06 23:16:39 UTC
-+++ configure.ac
-@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([mad],
-     [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-mad], [disable libmad handling of mp3 files])])
- 
- AS_IF([test "x$enable_mad" != "xno"] , [
--    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MAD, mad >= 0.15 \
-+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MAD, libmad >= 0.15 \
-                            id3tag >= 0.15)
-     AC_SUBST(MAD_CFLAGS)
-     AC_SUBST(MAD_LIBS)