diff --git a/cascade-2.2.0-nomanual.patch b/cascade-2.2.0-nomanual.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c5064f95b3..00000000000
--- a/cascade-2.2.0-nomanual.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- orig.cascade/2.2.0/Makefile.in	2010-08-05 18:13:21.000000000 +0200
-+++ cascade/2.2.0/Makefile.in	2010-09-30 15:49:04.000000000 +0200
-@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
- #endif
- MAYBE_OPT = 
- #SUBDIRS = include bases51 misc src $(MAYBE_OPT) data manual
--SUBDIRS = include misc bases51 src $(MAYBE_OPT) data manual
-+SUBDIRS = include misc bases51 src $(MAYBE_OPT) data
- 
- #dist_doc_DATA = README
- EXTRA_DIST = README history.txt
diff --git a/cascade-2.2.04-drop-dcasrn.patch b/cascade-2.2.04-drop-dcasrn.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5094bf8ea1a..00000000000
--- a/cascade-2.2.04-drop-dcasrn.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/dcasrn.F b/src/dcasrn.F
-index f707c72..61be44c 100644
---- a/src/dcasrn.F
-+++ b/src/dcasrn.F
-@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
--      DOUBLE PRECISION FUNCTION dcasrn(i)
--
--      DOUBLE PRECISION DR(1)
--      DOUBLE PRECISION TWOM24
--      PARAMETER (TWOM24 = 2.D0**(-24))
--      Real Rvec(2)
--	Integer i
--      CALL RANLUX(RVEC,2)
--      DR(1) = DBLE (RVEC(1)) + DBLE (RVEC(2)) * TWOM24
--c      CALL RM48 (DR,1)
--      dcasrn = DR(1)
--
--
--      RETURN
--      END
--
--
-       SUBROUTINE dcasrnv(RVEC,LENV)
- 
-       Integer lenv,I
-diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
-index 2f2d255..5aed8f2 100644
---- a/src/Makefile.in
-+++ b/src/Makefile.in
-@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ PRE_UNINSTALL = :
- POST_UNINSTALL = :
- build_triplet = @build@
- host_triplet = @host@
--bin_PROGRAMS = cascade$(EXEEXT)
-+bin_PROGRAMS =
- subdir = src
- DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.am $(srcdir)/Makefile.in
- ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
diff --git a/cascade-2.2.04-getenv.patch b/cascade-2.2.04-getenv.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dfb6db2455..00000000000
--- a/cascade-2.2.04-getenv.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- orig.cascade/2.2.04/src/casini.F	2010-10-31 15:20:03.000000000 +0100
-+++ cascade/2.2.04/src/casini.F	2011-11-12 16:33:02.000000000 +0100
-@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
- c IGLU=5 --> GBW
- c IGLU=6 --> KMR
- c IGLU=6 --> RS
--      call getenv('PDFPATH',pdfpath)
-+      call getenv('CASCADE_PDFPATH',pdfpath)
-       if(pdfpath.ne.'') then
--         call getenv('PDFPATH',pdfpath)
-+         call getenv('CASCADE_PDFPATH',pdfpath)
-       else
-          PDFPATH='../share/'
-       endif
diff --git a/cascade.spec b/cascade.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index ba65e36e26c..00000000000
--- a/cascade.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external cascade 2.2.04
-
-Source: http://cern.ch/service-spi/external/MCGenerators/distribution/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}-src.tgz
-Patch0: cascade-2.2.0-nomanual
-Patch1: cascade-2.2.04-getenv
-# Drop dcasrn symbol, which we need to redifine in CMSSW. Do not build cascade
-# executable, since it would use the wrong symbol in anycase.
-Patch2: cascade-2.2.04-drop-dcasrn
-Requires: lhapdf pythia6
-
-%define keep_archives true
-
-%prep
-rm -rf %{n}
-%setup -q -n %{n}/%{realversion}
-%patch0 -p2
-%patch1 -p2
-%patch2 -p1
-
-# Notice that cascade expects a flat pythia installation,
-# where libraries and headers are all in the same place.
-# Since the source code is not actually needed, we point
-# it to the library location so that it links correctly.
-PYTHIA="$PYTHIA6_ROOT"
-LHAPDF="$LHAPDF_ROOT"
-GCC10_FFLAGS=""
-if [[ `gcc --version | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f3 | cut -d. -f1,2,3 | tr -d .` -gt 1000 ]] ; then GCC10_FFLAGS="-fallow-argument-mismatch" ; fi
-F77="$(which gfortran) -fPIC $GCC10_FFLAGS"
-PLATF_CONFIG_OPTS="--enable-static --disable-shared"
-LIBS="-lstdc++ -lz"
-
-# Update to detect aarch64 and ppc64le
-rm -f ./config.{sub,guess}
-%get_config_sub ./config.sub
-%get_config_guess ./config.guess
-chmod +x ./config.{sub,guess}
-
-./configure $PLATF_CONFIG_OPTS --with-pythia6=$PYTHIA  --with-lhapdf=$LHAPDF --prefix=%i F77="$F77" LIBS="$LIBS" 
-%build
-make %makeprocesses
-
-%install
-make install
-
-# In case we build archive libraries we need to merge all of them, because
-# otherwise that results some missing symbol due to a circular dependency among
-# them which cannot be solved by reshuffling the various -l statements.
-cd %{i}/lib
-find . -name '*.a' -exec ar -x {} \;
-ar rcs libcascade_merged.a *.o
-rm -rf *.o
diff --git a/charybdis-1.003-archive-only.patch b/charybdis-1.003-archive-only.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c5352116319..00000000000
--- a/charybdis-1.003-archive-only.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/charybdis/1.003/Makefile b/charybdis/1.003/Makefile
-index d4cbdd0..a9f0690 100644
---- a/charybdis/1.003/Makefile
-+++ b/charybdis/1.003/Makefile
-@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ libs:
- 	export LIBNAME ; export DIRNAME ; \
- 	$(MAKE) -f Makearchive.subdir
- 
--	@LIBNAME=$(LIBDIR)/libcharybdis.so ; DIRNAME=src ; \
--	export LIBNAME ; export DIRNAME ; \
--	$(MAKE) -f Makeshared.subdir
--
- clean:
- 	rm -f *~; rm -f \#*;
- 	rm -rf $(TMPDIR)
diff --git a/charybdis-1003-macosx.patch b/charybdis-1003-macosx.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dbe4fe14170..00000000000
--- a/charybdis-1003-macosx.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/charybdis/1.003/configure b/charybdis/1.003/configure
-index 1818d4d..da228cd 100755
---- a/charybdis/1.003/configure
-+++ b/charybdis/1.003/configure
-@@ -121,23 +121,25 @@ if [ $ARCH = Linux ]; then
-   fi
- fi
- # Linux platform with gcc4: new Fortran90 compiler.
--if [ $ARCH = Linux-gcc4 ]; then
--  export FC=gfortran
--  export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export FLIBS="-lgfortran -lgfortranbegin"
--  if [ ${COMPMODE} = OPT ]; then
--    export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
--    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
--    export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
--  fi
--  if [ ${COMPMODE} = DBG ]; then
--    export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_DBG}"
--    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_DBG}"
--    export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_DBG}"
--  fi
--fi
-+case $ARCH in
-+	*-gcc4)
-+  		export FC=gfortran
-+  		export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
-+  		export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
-+  		export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
-+  		export FLIBS="-lgfortran -lgfortranbegin"
-+  		if [ ${COMPMODE} = OPT ]; then
-+  		  export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
-+  		  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
-+  		  export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
-+  		fi
-+  		if [ ${COMPMODE} = DBG ]; then
-+  		  export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_DBG}"
-+  		  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_DBG}"
-+  		  export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_DBG}"
-+  		fi
-+	;;
-+esac
- 
- #Platform & opt/dbg - independent flags and variables:
- 
-diff --git a/charybdis/1.003/Makeshared.subdir b/charybdis/1.003/Makeshared.subdir
-index 102c2fc..1d38460 100644
---- a/charybdis/1.003/Makeshared.subdir
-+++ b/charybdis/1.003/Makeshared.subdir
-@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ objects += $(patsubst $(DIRNAME)/%.c,$(TMPDIR)/%.o,$(wildcard $(DIRNAME)/*.c))
- $(LIBNAME): $(objects)
- 	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
- 	@echo creating the shared library $@
--	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@)
-+	case ${ARCH} in \
-+	  Linux-*) \
-+	    $(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) \
-+	  ;; \
-+	  Darwin-*) \
-+	    $(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -Wl,-commons -Wl,use_dylibs -shared -L$(PYTHIA6_ROOT)/lib -lpythia6 -L$(LHAPDF_ROOT)/lib -lLHAPDF -L$(ZLIB_ROOT)/lib -lz $(shell gfortran --print-file-name=libgfortran.a) -dynamic ;; \
-+	esac
- 
- deps := $(patsubst $(DIRNAME)/%.F,$(TMPDIR)/%.d,$(wildcard $(DIRNAME)/*.F))
- 
diff --git a/charybdis.spec b/charybdis.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 707c67e9191..00000000000
--- a/charybdis.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external charybdis 1.003
-Source: http://cern.ch/service-spi/external/MCGenerators/distribution/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}-src.tgz
-Patch0: charybdis-1003-macosx
-Patch1: charybdis-1.003-archive-only
-
-Requires: pythia6
-Requires: lhapdf
-Requires: zlib
-
-%define keep_archives true
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %{n}/%{realversion}
-%patch0 -p3
-# On osx we build only the archive libraries to avoid issues with the common
-# blocks.
-case %cmsos in
-  osx*)
-%patch1 -p3
-  ;;
-esac
-./configure --lcgplatform=%cmsplatf --pythia_hadronization
-
-%build
-make FC="`which gfortran` -fPIC" PYTHIA6_ROOT=$PYTHIA6_ROOT LHAPDF_ROOT=$LHAPDF_ROOT ZLIB_ROOT=$ZLIB_ROOT
-
-%install
-tar -c lib include | tar -x -C %i
-find %i/lib/archive -name "*.a" -exec mv {} %i/lib \;
-rm -rf %i/lib/archive
-
diff --git a/cmssw-tool-conf.spec b/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
index 8f8b212fa87..7e13024a700 100644
--- a/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
+++ b/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Requires: starlight
 Requires: alpgen
 Requires: boost
 Requires: bz2lib
-Requires: charybdis
 Requires: classlib
 Requires: clhep
 Requires: coral
@@ -40,14 +39,12 @@ Requires: hector
 Requires: hepmc
 Requires: hepmc3
 Requires: heppdt
-Requires: herwig
 Requires: herwig7
 Requires: hydjet
 Requires: hydjet2
 Requires: ittnotify
 Requires: jemalloc
 Requires: jemalloc-debug
-Requires: jimmy
 Requires: json
 Requires: ktjet
 Requires: lhapdf
@@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ Requires: libxml2
 Requires: lwtnn
 Requires: meschach
 Requires: pcre2
-Requires: photos
 Requires: photospp
 Requires: pyquen
 Requires: pythia6
@@ -76,10 +72,8 @@ Requires: ucx
 Requires: openmpi
 Requires: sigcpp
 Requires: sqlite
-Requires: tauola
 Requires: tauolapp
 Requires: thepeg
-Requires: toprex
 Requires: libuuid
 Requires: xerces-c
 Requires: dcap
@@ -96,7 +90,6 @@ Requires: grpc
 Requires: onnxruntime
 Requires: triton-inference-client
 Requires: hdf5
-Requires: cascade
 Requires: yoda
 Requires: fftw3
 Requires: fftjet
diff --git a/herwig-6.520-tauoladummy.patch b/herwig-6.520-tauoladummy.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a5ccc0d6d3..00000000000
--- a/herwig-6.520-tauoladummy.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
---- orig.herwig/6.520/dummy/Makefile.am	2010-10-28 17:52:56.000000000 +0200
-+++ herwig/6.520/dummy/Makefile.am	2010-10-28 17:54:15.000000000 +0200
-@@ -3,20 +3,13 @@
- circes.f \
- circgg.f \
- decadd.f \
--dexay.f \
- eudini.f \
- fragmt.f \
- hvcbvi.f \
- hvhbvi.f \
- hwhvvj.f \
- ieupdg.f \
--inietc.f \
--inimas.f \
--iniphx.f \
--initdk.f \
- ipdgeu.f \
--phoini.f \
--photos.f \
- qqinit.f \
- timel.f \
- upevnt.f \
---- orig.herwig/6.520/dummy/Makefile.in	2010-10-28 17:52:56.000000000 +0200
-+++ herwig/6.520/dummy/Makefile.in	2010-10-28 19:33:19.000000000 +0200
-@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@
- libLTLIBRARIES_INSTALL = $(INSTALL)
- LTLIBRARIES = $(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
- libherwig_dummy_la_LIBADD =
--am__objects_1 = circee.lo circes.lo circgg.lo decadd.lo dexay.lo \
-+am__objects_1 = circee.lo circes.lo circgg.lo decadd.lo \
- 	eudini.lo fragmt.lo hvcbvi.lo hvhbvi.lo hwhvvj.lo ieupdg.lo \
--	inietc.lo inimas.lo iniphx.lo initdk.lo ipdgeu.lo phoini.lo \
--	photos.lo qqinit.lo timel.lo upevnt.lo upinit.lo
-+	ipdgeu.lo qqinit.lo timel.lo upevnt.lo upinit.lo 
- am_libherwig_dummy_la_OBJECTS = $(am__objects_1)
- libherwig_dummy_la_OBJECTS = $(am_libherwig_dummy_la_OBJECTS)
- DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)/config
-@@ -176,20 +175,13 @@
- circes.f \
- circgg.f \
- decadd.f \
--dexay.f \
- eudini.f \
- fragmt.f \
- hvcbvi.f \
- hvhbvi.f \
- hwhvvj.f \
- ieupdg.f \
--inietc.f \
--inimas.f \
--iniphx.f \
--initdk.f \
- ipdgeu.f \
--phoini.f \
--photos.f \
- qqinit.f \
- timel.f \
- upevnt.f \
diff --git a/herwig.spec b/herwig.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index f87ee531182..00000000000
--- a/herwig.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external herwig 6.521
-Source: http://cern.ch/service-spi/external/MCGenerators/distribution/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}-src.tgz
-Requires: lhapdf photos 
-Patch1: herwig-6.520-tauoladummy
-
-%define keep_archives true
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %n/%{realversion}
-F77="$(which gfortran) -fPIC"
-PLATF_CONFIG_OPTS="--disable-shared --enable-static"
-
-%patch1 -p2
-
-# Update to detect aarch64 and ppc64le
-rm -f ./config/config.{sub,guess}
-%get_config_sub ./config/config.sub
-%get_config_guess ./config/config.guess
-chmod +x ./config/config.{sub,guess}
-
-./configure $PLATF_CONFIG_OPTS --prefix=%i F77="$F77"
-
-%build
-make %{makeprocesses} LHAPDF_ROOT=$LHAPDF_ROOT PHOTOS_ROOT=$PHOTOS_ROOT
-
-make check
-
-%install
-make install
-
-# then hack include area as jimmy depends on missing header file..
-# but only on slc*. On macosx HERWIG65.INC == herwig65.inc
-# what is actually needed is a link to herwig6510.inc
-%ifos darwin
-ln -sf herwig6521.inc %{i}/include/herwig65.inc
-%else
-ln -sf HERWIG65.INC %{i}/include/herwig65.inc
-%endif
-
-rm -rf %i/lib/*.la
diff --git a/jimmy-4.2-configure-update.patch b/jimmy-4.2-configure-update.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ddfca47915d..00000000000
--- a/jimmy-4.2-configure-update.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/4.2/configure b/4.2/configure
-index fa2cbb5..1f82871 100755
---- a/4.2/configure
-+++ b/4.2/configure
-@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ check_arguments $*
- #fi
- #Platform & opt/dbg - independent flags and variables:
- 
--export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS} -Wno-globals"
-+export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS}"
- 
- FFLAGSSHARED=-fPIC
- CFLAGSSHARED=-fPIC
-@@ -92,17 +92,17 @@ CFLAGSSHARED=-fPIC
- export LDFLAGS=" -pthread -fPIC"
- 
- ARCH=`uname`
--if [ ${ARCH} = "Linux" ]; then
--	export F77=g77
--	export FLIBS=" -lfrtbegin -lg2c "
--elif [ ${ARCH} = "Linux-gcc4" ]; then   # Linux platform with gcc4: new Fortran90 compiler.
--	export F77=gfortran
--	export FLIBS=" -lgfortran -lgfortranbegin "
--else
--	echo "Warning: unknown ARCH = $ARCH. Setting F77=f77, FLIBS=\"\"" 
--	export F77=f77
--	export FLIBS=""
--fi
-+case ${ARCH} in
-+  Linux)
-+    export F77=gfortran
-+    export FLIBS=" -lgfortran -lgfortranbegin "
-+  ;;
-+  *)
-+    echo "Warning: unknown ARCH = $ARCH. Setting F77=f77, FLIBS=\"\""
-+    export F77=f77
-+    export FLIBS=""
-+  ;;
-+esac
- 
- echo "Assuming the fortran compiler to be ... "$F77
- 
-diff --git a/4.2/src/Makefile b/4.2/src/Makefile
-index 5d52ef0..0e9d2d2 100644
---- a/4.2/src/Makefile
-+++ b/4.2/src/Makefile
-@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ lib_archive: $(LIB_ARCHIVE)
- $(LIB_SHARED):  $(objects)
- 	mkdir -p $(LIBDIR_SHARED)
- 	@echo creating the shared library $@
--	$(F77) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@)
-+	case `uname` in \
-+	   Linux*) \
-+		$(F77) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) ;; \
-+	   Darwin*) \
-+		$(F77) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -L$(HERWIG_ROOT)/lib -lherwig -o $@ -shared -dynamic -Wl,-commons -Wl,use_dylibs ;; \
-+	esac
-+
- 
- $(LIB_ARCHIVE) : $(objects)
- 	mkdir -p $(LIBDIR_ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/jimmy.spec b/jimmy.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index edaf36e9bda..00000000000
--- a/jimmy.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external jimmy 4.2
-
-Requires: herwig
-Source: http://service-spi.web.cern.ch/service-spi/external/MCGenerators/distribution/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}-src.tgz
-Patch0: jimmy-4.2-configure-update
-
-%define keep_archives true
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %{n}/%{realversion}
-%patch0 -p2
-
-%build
-./configure $PLATF_CONFIG_OPTS --with-herwig=$HERWIG_ROOT
-# Looks like ./configure does not do all it should do to have our
-# version of herwig picked up at link time.
-# Workaround until they fix the GENESER makefiles is to define
-# the variable and use it directly inside "Makeshared".
-make HERWIG_ROOT=$HERWIG_ROOT FFLAGS=-std=legacy lib_archive
-
-%install
-tar -c lib include | tar -x -C %i
-find %i/lib/archive -name "*.a" -exec mv {} %i/lib \;
-rm -rf %i/lib/archive
-
diff --git a/photos-215.5-update-configure.patch b/photos-215.5-update-configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc136cef449..00000000000
--- a/photos-215.5-update-configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/215.5/Makefile b/215.5/Makefile
-index 648424f..73b5dce 100644
---- a/215.5/Makefile
-+++ b/215.5/Makefile
-@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh
- #
- FFLAGSSHARED = -fPIC
- CFLAGSSHARED = -fPIC
-+FFLAGS = -fPIC
-+CFLAGS = -fPIC
- #
- LDFLAGSSHARED = $(CXXFLAGS) -pthread -fPIC
- 
-diff --git a/215.5/Makeshared.subdir b/215.5/Makeshared.subdir
-index f167145..0a8f232 100644
---- a/215.5/Makeshared.subdir
-+++ b/215.5/Makeshared.subdir
-@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ objects += $(patsubst $(DIRNAME)/%.c,$(TMPDIR)/%.o,$(wildcard $(DIRNAME)/*.c))
- $(LIBNAME): $(objects)
- 	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
- 	@echo creating the shared library $@
--	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@)
-+	case ${ARCH} in \
-+	  Linux-*) \
-+	    $(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) \
-+	  ;;\
-+	  Darwin-*) \
-+	    $(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -Wl,-commons,use_dylibs -o $@ -shared -L$(dir $(shell gfortran --print-file-name=libgfortran.a)) $(FLIBS) -dynamic \
-+	  ;; \
-+	esac
- 
- deps := $(patsubst $(DIRNAME)/%.F,$(TMPDIR)/%.d,$(wildcard $(DIRNAME)/*.F))
- 
-diff --git a/215.5/configure b/215.5/configure
-index c8382cc..105950e 100755
---- a/215.5/configure
-+++ b/215.5/configure
-@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ export CXXFLAGS_DBG="-g -ansi -pedantic -W -Wall"
- # Find platform.
- #
- export ARCH="`uname`"
--export theGcc=`g++ --version | head -n 1 | awk '{print$3}' | awk -F . '{print $1}'`
--if [ ${theGcc} = 4 ]; then
--  export ARCH=${ARCH}-gcc4
--fi
- echo Platform is $ARCH
- 
- #default platform settings:
-@@ -98,24 +94,6 @@ if [ ${COMPMODE} = DBG ]; then
-   export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_DBG}"
- fi
- if [ $ARCH = Linux ]; then
--  export FC=g77
--  export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT} -Wno-globals"
--  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export FLIBS="-lfrtbegin -lg2c"
--  if [ ${COMPMODE} = OPT ]; then
--    export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
--    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
--    export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
--  fi
--  if [ ${COMPMODE} = DBG ]; then
--    export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_DBG} -Wno-globals"
--    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_DBG}"
--    export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_DBG}"
--  fi
--fi
--# Linux platform with gcc4: new Fortran90 compiler.
--if [ $ARCH = Linux-gcc4 ]; then
-   export FC=gfortran
-   export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
-   export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
diff --git a/photos.spec b/photos.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 52e49eea4d5..00000000000
--- a/photos.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external photos 215.5
-
-Source: http://cern.ch/service-spi/external/MCGenerators/distribution/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}-src.tgz
-Patch0: photos-215.5-update-configure
-%define keep_archives true
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %{n}/%{realversion}
-%patch0 -p2
-
-%build
-PLATF_CONFIG_OPTS="--enable-static --disable-shared"
-./configure --lcgplatform=%cmsplatf $PLATF_CONFIG_OPTS 
-%ifos darwin
-perl -p -i -e "s|libphotos.so|libphotos.dylib|g" Makefile ;;
-%endif
-make 
-
-%install
-tar -c lib include | tar -x -C %i
-find %i/lib/archive -name "*.a" -exec mv {} %i/lib \;
-rm -rf %i/lib/archive
-
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/cascade/cascade.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/cascade/cascade.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 99cacc8e42c..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/cascade/cascade.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="cascade" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-    <lib name="cascade_merged"/>
-  <client>
-    <environment name="CASCADE_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$CASCADE_BASE/lib"/>
-  </client>
-  <runtime name="CASCADE_PDFPATH" value="$CASCADE_BASE/share"/>
-  <use name="f77compiler"/>
-  <use name="cascade_headers"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/cascade/cascade_headers.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/cascade/cascade_headers.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a8a2c44133..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/cascade/cascade_headers.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="cascade_headers" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <client>
-    <environment name="CASCADE_HEADERS_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$CASCADE_HEADERS_BASE/include"/>
-  </client>
-  <runtime name="ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH" value="$INCLUDE" type="path"/>
-  <use name="root_cxxdefaults"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/charybdis/charybdis.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/charybdis/charybdis.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a2b2182754..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/charybdis/charybdis.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="charybdis" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <info url="http://www.ippp.dur.ac.uk/montecarlo/leshouches/generators/charybdis/"/>
-  <lib name="charybdis"/>
-  <client>
-    <environment name="CHARYBDIS_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$CHARYBDIS_BASE/lib"/>
-    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$CHARYBDIS_BASE/include"/>
-  </client>
-  <runtime name="ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH" value="$INCLUDE" type="path"/>
-  <use name="root_cxxdefaults"/>
-  <use name="f77compiler"/>
-  <use name="herwig"/>
-  <use name="pythia6"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/herwig/herwig.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/herwig/herwig.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 62f1aa0ba75..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/herwig/herwig.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="herwig" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <lib name="herwig"/>
-  <lib name="herwig_dummy"/>
-  <client>
-    <environment name="HERWIG_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$HERWIG_BASE/lib"/>
-    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$HERWIG_BASE/include"/>
-  </client>
-  <runtime name="ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH" value="$INCLUDE" type="path"/>
-  <use name="root_cxxdefaults"/>
-  <use name="f77compiler"/>
-  <use name="lhapdf"/>
-  <use name="photos"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/jimmy/jimmy.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/jimmy/jimmy.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fc0280c940..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/jimmy/jimmy.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="jimmy" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <lib name="jimmy"/>
-  <client>
-    <environment name="JIMMY_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$JIMMY_BASE/lib"/>
-  </client>
-  <use name="f77compiler"/>
-  <use name="herwig"/>
-  <use name="jimmy_headers"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/jimmy/jimmy_headers.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/jimmy/jimmy_headers.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a68d77429b8..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/jimmy/jimmy_headers.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="jimmy_headers" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <client>
-    <environment name="JIMMY_HEADERS_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$JIMMY_HEADERS_BASE/include"/>
-  </client>
-  <runtime name="ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH" value="$INCLUDE" type="path"/>
-  <use name="root_cxxdefaults"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/photos/photos.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/photos/photos.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 636110eca27..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/photos/photos.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="photos" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <lib name="photos"/>
-  <client>
-    <environment name="PHOTOS_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$PHOTOS_BASE/lib"/>
-  </client>
-  <use name="photos_headers"/>
-  <use name="f77compiler"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/photos/photos_headers.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/photos/photos_headers.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3adba9ffaf9..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/photos/photos_headers.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="photos_headers" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <client>
-    <environment name="PHOTOS_HEADERS_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$PHOTOS_HEADERS_BASE/include"/>
-  </client>
-  <runtime name="ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH" value="$INCLUDE" type="path"/>
-  <use name="root_cxxdefaults"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/tauola/tauola.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/tauola/tauola.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bf3a3801bd8..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/tauola/tauola.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="tauola" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <lib name="pretauola"/>
-  <lib name="tauola"/>
-  <client>
-    <environment name="TAUOLA_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$TAUOLA_BASE/lib"/>
-  </client>
-  <use name="f77compiler"/>
-  <use name="tauola_headers"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/tauola/tauola_headers.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/tauola/tauola_headers.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f8a2c528aa..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/tauola/tauola_headers.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="tauola_headers" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <client>
-    <environment name="TAUOLA_HEADERS_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$TAUOLA_HEADERS_BASE/include"/>
-  </client>
-  <runtime name="ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH" value="$INCLUDE" type="path"/>
-  <use name="root_cxxdefaults"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/toprex/toprex.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/toprex/toprex.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ec7a77fd723..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/toprex/toprex.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="toprex" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <lib name="toprex"/>
-  <client>
-    <environment name="TOPREX_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$TOPREX_BASE/lib"/>
-  </client>
-  <use name="toprex_headers"/>
-  <use name="f77compiler"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/toprex/toprex_headers.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/toprex/toprex_headers.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b0de660589..00000000000
--- a/scram-tools.file/tools/toprex/toprex_headers.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<tool name="toprex_headers" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
-  <client>
-    <environment name="TOPREX_HEADERS_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
-    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$TOPREX_HEADERS_BASE/include"/>
-  </client>
-  <runtime name="ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH" value="$INCLUDE" type="path"/>
-  <use name="root_cxxdefaults"/>
-</tool>
diff --git a/tauola-27.121-gfortran-tauola-srs.patch b/tauola-27.121-gfortran-tauola-srs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f6bff202d4..00000000000
--- a/tauola-27.121-gfortran-tauola-srs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- orig.tauola/27.121.5/pretauola/tauola_srs.F	2010-09-17 13:59:09.000000000 +0200
-+++ tauola/27.121.5/pretauola/tauola_srs.F	2010-09-22 11:07:54.000000000 +0200
-@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@
-             ELSEIF ((IMOTH.EQ.IM0.OR.IMOTH.EQ.IM).AND.ISEL.EQ.0) THEN
-                ISON(2)=I
-             ELSEIF ((IMOTH.NE.IM0.AND.IMOTH.NE.IM).AND.ISEL.EQ.0) THEN
-+               IF( IDHEP(I).EQ.22. AND. JMOHEP(1,I).LT.IM0 ) THEN
-+                  IF(ABS(IDHEP(JMOHEP(1,I))).NE.KFTAU) GOTO 76
-+               ENDIF
-                ISEL=1
-                GOTO 77
-             ENDIF
diff --git a/tauola-27.121.5-configure-makefile-update.patch b/tauola-27.121.5-configure-makefile-update.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b2382534d4..00000000000
--- a/tauola-27.121.5-configure-makefile-update.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/27.121.5/Makefile b/27.121.5/Makefile
-index acb9e77..3f89fda 100644
---- a/27.121.5/Makefile
-+++ b/27.121.5/Makefile
-@@ -50,20 +50,12 @@ all: libs
- libs:
- 	@echo FFLAGS_tauola = $(FFLAGS_tauola)
- 
--	@LIBNAME=$(LIBDIR)/libtauola.so ; DIRNAME=src ; FFLAGS="$(FFLAGS_tauola)" ; \
--	export LIBNAME ; export DIRNAME ; export FFLAGS; \
--	$(MAKE) -f Makeshared.subdir
--
- 	@LIBNAME=$(LIBDIR)/archive/libtauola.a ; DIRNAME=src ; FFLAGS="$(FFLAGS_tauola)" ; \
- 	export LIBNAME ; export DIRNAME ; export FFLAGS; \
- 	$(MAKE) -f Makearchive.subdir
- 
- 	@echo FFLAGS_pretauola = $(FFLAGS_pretauola)
- 
--	@LIBNAME=$(LIBDIR)/libpretauola.so ; DIRNAME=pretauola ; FFLAGS="$(FFLAGS_pretauola)" ; \
--	export LIBNAME ; export DIRNAME ; export FFLAGS; \
--	$(MAKE) -f Makeshared.subdir
--
- 	@LIBNAME=$(LIBDIR)/archive/libpretauola.a ; DIRNAME=pretauola ; FFLAGS="$(FFLAGS_pretauola)" ; \
- 	export LIBNAME ; export DIRNAME ; export FFLAGS; \
- 	$(MAKE) -f Makearchive.subdir
-diff --git a/27.121.5/Makeshared.subdir b/27.121.5/Makeshared.subdir
-index cfb17bf..032c841 100644
---- a/27.121.5/Makeshared.subdir
-+++ b/27.121.5/Makeshared.subdir
-@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ $(TMPDIR)/%.o : $(DIRNAME)/%.c
- # Creating the dependency files *.d
- 
- $(TMPDIR)/%.d : $(DIRNAME)/%.F
--	@echo Making dependency for file $<; \
-+	echo Making dependency for file $<; \
- 	mkdir -p $(TMPDIR); \
--	$(CC) -M -I$(INCDIR) $< | \
-+	$(FC) -M -I$(INCDIR) $< | \
- 	sed 's,\($*\)\.o[ :]*,\1.o $@ : ,g' | \
- 	sed 's/$*.o/$(TMPDIR)\/$*.o/' > $@; \
- 	[ -s $@ ] || rm -f $@
-@@ -57,12 +57,24 @@ ifeq ($(PYTHIA6FORSHAREDLIBS),)
-  $(LIBNAME): $(objects)
- 	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
- 	@echo creating the shared library $@
--	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@)
-+	case $ARCH in \
-+	   Linux*) \
-+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) ;; \
-+	   Darwin*) \
-+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -dynamic ;; \
-+	esac
- else
-  $(LIBNAME): $(objects)
- 	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
- 	@echo creating the shared library $@
--	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) -L$(PYTHIA6FORSHAREDLIBS) -l$(PYTHIA6LIBNAMEFORSHAREDLIBS)
-+	case ${ARCH} in \
-+           Linux*) \
-+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) -L$(PYTHIA6FORSHAREDLIBS) -l$(PYTHIA6LIBNAMEFORSHAREDLIBS) \
-+	   ;; \
-+	   Darwin*) \
-+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -dynamic -Wl,-commons,use_dylibs $(shell echo $@ | grep pretauola >/dev/null && echo lib/libtauola.dylib) -L$(PYTHIA6FORSHAREDLIBS) -l$(PYTHIA6LIBNAMEFORSHAREDLIBS) -L$(PHOTOS_ROOT)/lib -lphotos $(shell gfortran --print-file-name=libgfortran.a) \
-+	   ;; \
-+	esac
- endif
- 
- deps := $(patsubst $(DIRNAME)/%.F,$(TMPDIR)/%.d,$(wildcard $(DIRNAME)/*.F))
-diff --git a/27.121.5/configure b/27.121.5/configure
-index 960e5e2..7223826 100755
---- a/27.121.5/configure
-+++ b/27.121.5/configure
-@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@ export CXXFLAGS_DBG="-g -ansi -pedantic -W -Wall"
- # Find platform.
- 
- export ARCH="`uname`"
--export theGcc1=`g++ --version | awk '{print$3}'`
--export theGcc=`echo ${theGcc1} | awk -F . '{print $1}'`
--if [ ${theGcc} = 4 ]; then
--  export ARCH=${ARCH}-gcc4
--fi
- echo Platform is $ARCH
- 
- #default platform settings:
-@@ -124,24 +119,6 @@ if [ ${COMPMODE} = DBG ]; then
-   export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_DBG}"
- fi
- if [ $ARCH = Linux ]; then
--  export FC=g77
--  export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT} -Wno-globals"
--  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export FLIBS="-lfrtbegin -lg2c"
--  if [ ${COMPMODE} = OPT ]; then
--    export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
--    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
--    export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
--  fi
--  if [ ${COMPMODE} = DBG ]; then
--    export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_DBG} -Wno-globals"
--    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_DBG}"
--    export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_DBG}"
--  fi
--fi
--# Linux platform with gcc4: new Fortran90 compiler.
--if [ $ARCH = Linux-gcc4 ]; then
-   export FC=gfortran
-   export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
-   export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
diff --git a/tauola-27.121.5-gfortran-taueta.patch b/tauola-27.121.5-gfortran-taueta.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c3ac6e4a87..00000000000
--- a/tauola-27.121.5-gfortran-taueta.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/27.121.5/src/taueta.F b/27.121.5/src/taueta.F
-index 15cd088..a82149d 100644
---- a/27.121.5/src/taueta.F
-+++ b/27.121.5/src/taueta.F
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ c
-       REAL  PHOT1(4),PHOT2(4),PHOT3(4)
-       REAL*8    X(4),    Y(4),    Z(4)
-       REAL                                YM1,YM2,YM3
--      REAL*8  R,RU,PETA(4),XM1,XM2,XM3,XM,XLAM
-+      REAL*8  R,RU,PETA(4),XM1,XM2,XM3,XM,AM2,XLAM
-       REAL*8 a,b,c
-       REAL*8 AM2
-       XLAM(a,b,c)=SQRT(ABS((a-b-c)**2-4.0*b*c))
-diff --git a/27.121.5/src/taueta.F b/27.121.5/src/taueta.F
-index a82149d..ced7f80 100644
---- a/27.121.5/src/taueta.F
-+++ b/27.121.5/src/taueta.F
-@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ c
-       REAL                                YM1,YM2,YM3
-       REAL*8  R,RU,PETA(4),XM1,XM2,XM3,XM,AM2,XLAM
-       REAL*8 a,b,c
--      REAL*8 AM2
-       XLAM(a,b,c)=SQRT(ABS((a-b-c)**2-4.0*b*c))
- C position of decaying particle:
-       IF((KTO.EQ. 1).OR.(KTO.EQ.11)) THEN
diff --git a/tauola.spec b/tauola.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 245057344d7..00000000000
--- a/tauola.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external tauola 27.121.5
-Source: http://cern.ch/service-spi/external/MCGenerators/distribution/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}-src.tgz
-Patch1: tauola-27.121.5-gfortran-taueta
-Patch2: tauola-27.121-gfortran-tauola-srs
-Patch3: tauola-27.121.5-configure-makefile-update
-# Notice that on macosx we don't build shared libraries, so the following
-# requires are not really mandatory, but we keep them for consistency with the
-# linux build.
-Requires: pythia6
-Requires: photos
-
-%define keep_archives true
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %{n}/%{realversion}
-# Remove options by hand since it looks like they have
-# the bad habit of republishing sources.
-perl -p -i -e 's|-fno-globals||g;s|-finit-local-zero||g;s|-fugly-logint||g;s|-fugly-complex||' configure
-# Removed since this appears to have already been applied in the new tarball...
-# Sigh...
-%patch1 -p2
-%patch2 -p2
-%patch3 -p2
-
-FC="$(which gfortran) -fPIC"
-./configure --lcgplatform=%cmsplatf --with-pythia6libs=$PYTHIA6_ROOT/lib FC="$FC"
-perl -p -i -e "s|FC = gfortran|FC = $(which gfortran) -fPIC|;s|CC = gcc|CC = $(which gcc) -fPIC|" config.mk
-%build
-make PHOTOS_ROOT=$PHOTOS_ROOT
-
-%install
-tar -c lib include | tar -x -C %i
-find %i/lib/archive -name "*.a" -exec mv {} %i/lib \;
-rm -rf %i/lib/archive
-
diff --git a/toprex-4.23-archive-only.patch b/toprex-4.23-archive-only.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dc831eac93..00000000000
--- a/toprex-4.23-archive-only.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/toprex/4.23/Makefile b/toprex/4.23/Makefile
-index 8305219..2667835 100644
---- a/toprex/4.23/Makefile
-+++ b/toprex/4.23/Makefile
-@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ all: libs
- 
- 
- libs:
--	@LIBNAME=$(LIBDIR)/libtoprex.so ; DIRNAME=src ; \
--	export LIBNAME ; export DIRNAME ; \
--	$(MAKE) -f Makeshared.subdir
--
- 	@LIBNAME=$(LIBDIR)/archive/libtoprex.a ; DIRNAME=src ; \
- 	export LIBNAME ; export DIRNAME ; \
- 	$(MAKE) -f Makearchive.subdir
diff --git a/toprex-4.23-macosx.patch b/toprex-4.23-macosx.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a0e7517afdc..00000000000
--- a/toprex-4.23-macosx.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/toprex/4.23/Makeshared.subdir b/toprex/4.23/Makeshared.subdir
-index 9a832ec..acac5aa 100644
---- a/toprex/4.23/Makeshared.subdir
-+++ b/toprex/4.23/Makeshared.subdir
-@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ objects += $(patsubst $(DIRNAME)/%.c,$(TMPDIR)/%.o,$(wildcard $(DIRNAME)/*.c))
- $(LIBNAME): $(objects)
- 	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
- 	@echo creating the shared library $@
--	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@)
-+	case ${ARCH} in \
-+	  Linux-*) \
-+	    $(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) ;; \
-+	  Darwin-*) \
-+	    $(CXX) $(LDFLAGSSHARED) $(objects) -o $@ -L$(PYTHIA6_ROOT)/lib -lpythia6 -shared -dynamic -Wl,-commons -Wl,use_dylibs $(shell gfortran --print-file-name=libgfortran.a);; \
-+	esac
- 
- deps := $(patsubst $(DIRNAME)/%.F,$(TMPDIR)/%.d,$(wildcard $(DIRNAME)/*.F))
- 
-diff --git a/toprex/4.23/configure b/toprex/4.23/configure
-index 1f7007c..df051f3 100755
---- a/toprex/4.23/configure
-+++ b/toprex/4.23/configure
-@@ -107,23 +107,25 @@ if [ $ARCH = Linux ]; then
-   fi
- fi
- # Linux platform with gcc4: new Fortran90 compiler.
--if [ $ARCH = Linux-gcc4 ]; then
--  export FC=gfortran
--  export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
--  export FLIBS="-lgfortran -lgfortranbegin"
--  if [ ${COMPMODE} = OPT ]; then
-+case $ARCH in
-+  *-gcc4)
-+    export FC=gfortran
-     export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
-     export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
-     export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
--  fi
--  if [ ${COMPMODE} = DBG ]; then
--    export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_DBG}"
--    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_DBG}"
--    export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_DBG}"
--  fi
--fi
-+    export FLIBS="-lgfortran -lgfortranbegin"
-+    if [ ${COMPMODE} = OPT ]; then
-+      export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_OPT}"
-+      export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_OPT}"
-+      export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_OPT}"
-+    fi
-+    if [ ${COMPMODE} = DBG ]; then
-+      export FFLAGS="${FFLAGS_DBG}"
-+      export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_DBG}"
-+      export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS_DBG}"
-+    fi
-+  ;;
-+esac
- 
- #Platform & opt/dbg - independent flags and variables:
- 
diff --git a/toprex.spec b/toprex.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index d43755ce30a..00000000000
--- a/toprex.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external toprex 4.23
-
-Source: http://service-spi.web.cern.ch/service-spi/external/MCGenerators/distribution/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}-src.tgz
-Patch1: toprex-4.23-macosx
-Patch2: toprex-4.23-archive-only
-Requires: pythia6
-
-%define keep_archives true
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %{n}/%{realversion}
-# Remove options by hand since it looks like they have
-# the bad habit of republishing sources.
-perl -p -i -e 's|-fno-globals||g;s|-finit-local-zero||g;s|-fugly-logint||g' configure
-
-%patch1 -p3
-%patch2 -p3
-
-%build
-FC="$(which gfortran) -fPIC"
-
-./configure --lcgplatform=%cmsplatf
-make FC="$FC" PYTHIA6_ROOT=$PYTHIA6_ROOT
-
-%install
-tar -c lib include | tar -x -C %i
-find %i/lib/archive -name "*.a" -exec mv {} %i/lib \;
-rm -rf %i/lib/archive