diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.10/920-unable_to_open_console.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.10/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5511495d98..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.10/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/init/main.c
-+++ b/init/main.c
-@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_
- 
- 	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
- 	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
--		pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
-+		pr_err("Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...\n");
- 
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/920-unable_to_open_console.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 11f67dc2c9..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/init/main.c
-+++ b/init/main.c
-@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int __init kernel_init(void * unu
- 
- 	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
- 	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
--		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
-+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...\n");
- 
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/920-unable_to_open_console.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e141e7057c..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/init/main.c
-+++ b/init/main.c
-@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static int __init kernel_init(void * unu
- 
- 	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
- 	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
--		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
-+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...\n");
- 
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.8/920-unable_to_open_console.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.8/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6202aa5ec3..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.8/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/init/main.c
-+++ b/init/main.c
-@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_
- 
- 	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
- 	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
--		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
-+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...\n");
- 
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.9/920-unable_to_open_console.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.9/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 72aae53883..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.9/920-unable_to_open_console.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/init/main.c
-+++ b/init/main.c
-@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_
- 
- 	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
- 	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
--		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
-+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...\n");
- 
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);
- 	(void) sys_dup(0);