diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ca0295a9..baf9b1a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ build.static
 FILES
 ^core
 *~
+patches
 Makefile
 *.bak
 *.diff
diff --git a/debian/patches/fix-build-reproducibility-in-mk_cmds-and-compile_et b/debian/patches/fix-build-reproducibility-in-mk_cmds-and-compile_et
deleted file mode 100644
index ad75326d..00000000
--- a/debian/patches/fix-build-reproducibility-in-mk_cmds-and-compile_et
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,262 +0,0 @@
-Description: Fix build reproducibility for mk_cmds and compile_et
- The mk_cmds and compile_et scripts include the build directory, which
- breaks the build reproducibility goal of Debian.
-From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
-
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index 03e24d1..0ac5dcb 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -633,8 +633,6 @@ BUILD_CFLAGS
- MKINSTALLDIRS
- INCLUDES
- DO_TEST_SUITE
--ET_DIR
--SS_DIR
- LDFLAGS_STATIC
- root_sysconfdir
- root_libdir
-@@ -13805,10 +13803,6 @@ $as_echo "#define _INTL_REDIRECT_MACROS 1" >>confdefs.h
- 
- 	;;
- esac
--SS_DIR=`cd ${srcdir}/lib/ss; pwd`
--ET_DIR=`cd ${srcdir}/lib/et; pwd`
--
--
- if test "$cross_compiling" = yes ; then
-   DO_TEST_SUITE=
- else
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index a387dfd..1c73301 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -1400,13 +1400,6 @@ darwin*)
- 	;;
- esac
- dnl
--dnl Make the ss and et directories work correctly.
--dnl
--SS_DIR=`cd ${srcdir}/lib/ss; pwd`
--ET_DIR=`cd ${srcdir}/lib/et; pwd`
--AC_SUBST(SS_DIR)
--AC_SUBST(ET_DIR)
--dnl
- dnl Only try to run the test suite if we're not cross compiling.
- dnl
- if test "$cross_compiling" = yes ; then
-diff --git a/debugfs/Makefile.in b/debugfs/Makefile.in
-index c22b8c0..a3fe13e 100644
---- a/debugfs/Makefile.in
-+++ b/debugfs/Makefile.in
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ INSTALL = @INSTALL@
- PROGS=		debugfs
- MANPAGES=	debugfs.8
- 
--MK_CMDS=	_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=../lib/ss ../lib/ss/mk_cmds
-+MK_CMDS=	_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../lib/ss ../lib/ss/mk_cmds
- 
- DEBUG_OBJS= debug_cmds.o debugfs.o util.o ncheck.o icheck.o ls.o \
- 	lsdel.o dump.o set_fields.o logdump.o htree.o unused.o e2freefrag.o \
-diff --git a/e2fsck/Makefile.in b/e2fsck/Makefile.in
-index 06d9f55..6f626f4 100644
---- a/e2fsck/Makefile.in
-+++ b/e2fsck/Makefile.in
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PROFILED_DEPLIBS= $(DEPPROFILED_LIBSUPPORT) $(PROFILED_LIBEXT2FS) \
- 		  $(DEPPROFILED_LIBCOM_ERR) $(DEPPROFILED_LIBBLKID) \
- 		  $(DEPPROFILED_LIBUUID) $(DEPPROFILED_LIBE2P)
- 
--COMPILE_ET=$(top_builddir)/lib/et/compile_et --build-tree
-+COMPILE_ET=	_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../lib/et/et ../lib/et/compile_et
- 
- .c.o:
- 	$(E) "	CC $<"
-diff --git a/lib/et/Makefile.in b/lib/et/Makefile.in
-index cb75ab8..476f189 100644
---- a/lib/et/Makefile.in
-+++ b/lib/et/Makefile.in
-@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ uninstall::
- check:: compile_et
- 	for i in $(srcdir)/test_cases/*.et ; do \
- 		t=`basename $$i | sed -e 's/.et//'`; \
--		./compile_et --build-tree $$i ; \
-+		_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir) ./compile_et $$i ; \
- 		diff -c $(srcdir)/test_cases/$$t.c $$t.c > $$t.failed; \
- 		if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then echo Test case $$t failed; exit 1 ; fi ; \
- 		diff -c $(srcdir)/test_cases/$$t.h $$t.h >> $$t.failed; \
-diff --git a/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in b/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in
-index c2861f4..4c4ba17 100644
---- a/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in
-+++ b/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in
-@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
- 
- datarootdir=@datarootdir@
- AWK=@AWK@
--DIR="${DIR-@datadir@/et}"
--ET_DIR="${ET_DIR-@ET_DIR@}"
-+DIR=@datadir@/et
- 
- if test "$1" = "--build-tree" ; then
-     shift;
-@@ -29,13 +28,13 @@ do
-   fi
- done
- 
-+if test -n "$_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE" ; then
-+    DIR="$_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE";
-+fi
-+
- if test ! -f "$DIR/et_h.awk" || test ! -f "$DIR/et_c.awk" ; then
--    DIR="$ET_DIR"
--#    echo "Falling back to $DIR..."
--    if test ! -f "$DIR/et_h.awk" || test ! -f "$DIR/et_c.awk" ; then
--	echo "compile_et: Couldn't find compile_et's template files."
--	exit 1
--    fi
-+    echo "compile_et: Couldn't find compile_et's template files."
-+    exit 1
- fi
- 
- ROOT=`echo $1 | sed -e s/.et$//`
-diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/Makefile.in b/lib/ext2fs/Makefile.in
-index 461920c..6a3656d 100644
---- a/lib/ext2fs/Makefile.in
-+++ b/lib/ext2fs/Makefile.in
-@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ DEBUGFS_CFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/../../e2fsck $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DDEBUGFS
- 
- @DEBUGFS_CMT@DEBUGFS_LIB_OBJS = bb_compat.o inode_io.o write_bb_file.o
- 
--MK_CMDS=	_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=../ss ../ss/mk_cmds
-+MK_CMDS=	_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../ss ../ss/mk_cmds
-+COMPILE_ET=	_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../et ../et/compile_et
- 
- @RESIZER_CMT@RESIZE_LIB_OBJS = dupfs.o
- @TEST_IO_CMT@TEST_IO_LIB_OBJS = test_io.o
-@@ -254,8 +255,6 @@ all:: ext2fs.pc
- @ELF_CMT@	$(Q) $(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS_SHLIB) -fPIC -shared -o elfshared/$*.o -c $<
- @BSDLIB_CMT@	$(Q) $(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS_SHLIB) $(BSDLIB_PIC_FLAG) -o pic/$*.o -c $<
- 
--COMPILE_ET=../et/compile_et --build-tree
--
- DISTFILES= Makefile *.c *.h image
- 
- ext2_err.et: $(DEP_SUBSTITUTE) $(srcdir)/ext2_err.et.in
-diff --git a/lib/ss/Makefile.in b/lib/ss/Makefile.in
-index 255b58b..f4953f0 100644
---- a/lib/ss/Makefile.in
-+++ b/lib/ss/Makefile.in
-@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ BSDLIB_MYDIR = ss
- BSDLIB_INSTALL_DIR = $(root_libdir)
- 
- TAGS=etags
--COMPILE_ET=../et/compile_et --build-tree
--MK_CMDS=_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=. ./mk_cmds
-+MK_CMDS=	_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir) ./mk_cmds
-+COMPILE_ET=	_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../et ../et/compile_et
- 
- .c.o:
- 	$(E) "	CC $<"
-diff --git a/lib/ss/mk_cmds.sh.in b/lib/ss/mk_cmds.sh.in
-index a8976a4..0abc19d 100644
---- a/lib/ss/mk_cmds.sh.in
-+++ b/lib/ss/mk_cmds.sh.in
-@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
- #
- 
- datarootdir=@datarootdir@
--DIR="${DIR-@datadir@/ss}"
--SS_DIR="@SS_DIR@"
-+DIR=@datadir@/ss
- AWK=@AWK@
- SED=@SED@
- 
-@@ -30,12 +29,8 @@ if test -n "$_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE" ; then
- fi
- 
- if test ! -f $DIR/ct_c.sed || test ! -f $DIR/ct_c.awk ; then
--    DIR="$SS_DIR"
--#    echo "Falling back to $DIR..."
--    if test ! -f "$DIR/ct_c.sed" || test ! -f "$DIR/ct_c.awk" ; then
--	echo "mk_cmds: Couldn't find mk_cmds's template files."
--	exit 1
--    fi
-+    echo "mk_cmds: Couldn't find mk_cmds's template files."
-+    exit 1
- fi
- 
- FILE="$1"
-diff --git a/lib/support/Makefile.in b/lib/support/Makefile.in
-index 5beaaac..112ba24 100644
---- a/lib/support/Makefile.in
-+++ b/lib/support/Makefile.in
-@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ LIBDIR= support
- @MAKEFILE_LIBRARY@
- @MAKEFILE_PROFILE@
- 
--COMPILE_ET=$(top_builddir)/lib/et/compile_et --build-tree
-+COMPILE_ET=	_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../et ../et/compile_et
- 
- .c.o:
- 	$(E) "	CC $<"
-diff --git a/misc/Makefile.in b/misc/Makefile.in
-index e487692..d6436c2 100644
---- a/misc/Makefile.in
-+++ b/misc/Makefile.in
-@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ STATIC_DEPLIBS= $(DEPLIBSUPPORT) $(STATIC_LIBEXT2FS) $(DEPSTATIC_LIBCOM_ERR)
- LIBS_E2P= $(LIBE2P) $(LIBCOM_ERR)
- DEPLIBS_E2P= $(LIBE2P) $(DEPLIBCOM_ERR)
- 
--COMPILE_ET=$(top_builddir)/lib/et/compile_et --build-tree
-+COMPILE_ET=	_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../lib/et/et ../lib/et/compile_et
- 
- # This nastyness is needed because of jfs_user.h hackery; when we finally
- # clean up this mess, we should be able to drop it
-diff --git a/tests/progs/Makefile.in b/tests/progs/Makefile.in
-index 22d9417..f6a31b9 100644
---- a/tests/progs/Makefile.in
-+++ b/tests/progs/Makefile.in
-@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ INSTALL = @INSTALL@
- 
- @MCONFIG@
- 
--MK_CMDS=	_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=../../lib/ss ../../lib/ss/mk_cmds
-+MK_CMDS=	_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../../lib/ss ../../lib/ss/mk_cmds
- 
- PROGS=		test_icount crcsum
- 
-diff --git a/util/gen-android-files b/util/gen-android-files
-index 994337b..ebd8778 100755
---- a/util/gen-android-files
-+++ b/util/gen-android-files
-@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ ANDROID_GENERATED_FILES="lib/ext2fs/ext2_err.c lib/ext2fs/ext2_err.h \
- SS_DIR=$(pwd)/lib/ss
- MK_CMDS=/tmp/mk_cmds$$.sh
- 
--sed -e "s;@SS_DIR@;$SS_DIR;" < $SS_DIR/mk_cmds.sh.in \
--    | sed -e "s/@AWK@/awk/" | sed -e "s/@SED@/sed/" > $MK_CMDS
-+sed -e "s/@AWK@/awk/" < $SS_DIR/mk_cmds.sh.in \
-+    | sed -e "s/@SED@/sed/" > $MK_CMDS
- 
- sed -e "s/@E2FSPROGS_VERSION@/$(git describe)/" < lib/ext2fs/ext2_err.et.in > lib/ext2fs/ext2_err.et
- 
-@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ done
- for i in lib/ss/std_rqs debugfs/debug_cmds debugfs/ro_debug_cmds \
- 			debugfs/extent_cmds
- do
--    /bin/sh $MK_CMDS $i.ct
-+    _SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=lib/ss /bin/sh $MK_CMDS $i.ct
-     mv -f $(basename $i).c $i.c
- done
- 
-diff --git a/util/subst.conf.in b/util/subst.conf.in
-index ada11e7..fbc044d 100644
---- a/util/subst.conf.in
-+++ b/util/subst.conf.in
-@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
- AWK			@AWK@
- SED			@SED@
--ET_DIR			@ET_DIR@
--SS_DIR			@SS_DIR@
- E2FSPROGS_MONTH		@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@
- E2FSPROGS_YEAR		@E2FSPROGS_YEAR@
- E2FSPROGS_VERSION	@E2FSPROGS_VERSION@
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 9623e62a..7725d99f 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 enable-metadata_csum-by-default
-fix-build-reproducibility-in-mk_cmds-and-compile_et