diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/pidgin-cross-python-265.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/pidgin-cross-python-265.patch
index 72bf4ed41bc..312fc8593fa 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/pidgin-cross-python-265.patch
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/pidgin-cross-python-265.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-Use pkg-config instead of ${PYTHON}-config to find python
+From 855cc20bafa30597ae7a62f7672d42654b25cde0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Herrie <github.com@herrie.org>
+Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:30:16 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Use pkg-config instead of ${PYTHON}-config to find python
 
-diff -uNr pidgin-2.10.12.orig/configure.ac pidgin-2.10.12/configure.ac
---- pidgin-2.10.12.orig/configure.ac	2016-01-01 00:19:40.000000000 +0100
-+++ pidgin-2.10.12/configure.ac	2016-05-05 16:55:13.258945925 +0200
-@@ -1585,20 +1585,15 @@
+---
+ configure.ac | 21 ++++++++-------------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index d20a18e..c741829 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1567,20 +1567,15 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_DBUS, test "x$enable_dbus" = "xyes")
  dnl Check for Python headers (currently useful only for libgnt)
  dnl (Thanks to XChat)
  if test "x$enable_consoleui" = "xyes" -a ! -z "$PYTHON" -a x"$PYTHON" != x"no" ; then
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/purple-OE-branding-25.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/purple-OE-branding-25.patch
index 293ef709d15..9a24fbbc5f2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/purple-OE-branding-25.patch
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/purple-OE-branding-25.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
-Index: pidgin-2.5.0/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.h
-===================================================================
---- pidgin-2.5.0.orig/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.h	2008-08-19 01:53:38.000000000 +0000
-+++ pidgin-2.5.0/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.h	2008-08-27 11:15:58.000000000 +0000
-@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
+From 43e9db656431ffb22b429d5fca4ce3b4af21bc9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Herrie <github.com@herrie.org>
+Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:30:16 +0200
+
+---
+ libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.h | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.h b/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.h
+index fde35c4..66e52dd 100644
+--- a/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.h
++++ b/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.h
+@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
  
  #define IRC_DEFAULT_CHARSET "UTF-8"
  #define IRC_DEFAULT_AUTODETECT FALSE
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/sanitize-configure.ac.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/sanitize-configure.ac.patch
index a77d64f40b0..84dbcdc2769 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/sanitize-configure.ac.patch
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/pidgin/sanitize-configure.ac.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
---- /tmp/configure.ac	2007-05-08 17:29:02.000000000 +0200
-+++ pidgin-2.0.0/configure.ac	2007-05-08 17:30:30.325251000 +0200
-@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
+From c3058f9eadaf5ff28ba776cfed54b609a93a1249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Herrie <github.com@herrie.org>
+Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:30:16 +0200
+
+---
+ configure.ac | 10 +---------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index b8acd2a..d20a18e 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ if test "x$enable_consoleui" = "xyes"; then
  	if test "x$enable_consoleui" = "xyes"; then
  		dnl # Some distros put the headers in ncursesw/, some don't
  		found_ncurses_h=no
@@ -8,8 +18,8 @@
 +		for location in $ac_ncurses_includes $NCURSES_HEADERS 
  		do
  			f="$location/ncurses.h"
- 			AC_CHECK_HEADER($f,[
-@@ -1860,10 +1860,6 @@
+ 			orig_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+@@ -2397,10 +2397,6 @@ if test "$kerberos" != "no" ; then
  			KRB4_CFLAGS="$KRB4_CFLAGS -I${kerberos}/include/kerberosIV"
  		fi
  		KRB4_LDFLAGS="-L${kerberos}/lib"
@@ -20,7 +30,7 @@
  	fi
  	AC_DEFINE(ZEPHYR_USES_KERBEROS, 1, [Define if kerberos should be used in Zephyr.])
  
-@@ -1896,10 +1892,6 @@
+@@ -2433,10 +2429,6 @@ if test "$zephyr" != "no" ; then
  		ZEPHYR_LDFLAGS="-L${zephyr}/lib"
  	elif test -d /usr/athena/include/zephyr ; then
  		ZEPHYR_CFLAGS="-I/usr/athena/include"