diff --git a/BaseBuild/Basesys/binutils b/BaseBuild/Basesys/binutils
index 5752c06..b11e867 100644
--- a/BaseBuild/Basesys/binutils
+++ b/BaseBuild/Basesys/binutils
@@ -70,30 +70,22 @@
 #
 
 SRCPATH=Base/Utilities
-(( MKPKG = $MKPKG | 1 ))
-(( MKPKG = $MKPKG | 2 ))
-(( MKPKG = $MKPKG | 128 ))
 
 premk() {
-	SrcPatch $MAKEDIR/binutils* $LFSSOURCE/$SRCPATH/binutils-*-branch_update-*.patch*
-	SrcPatch $MAKEDIR/binutils* $LFSSOURCE/$SRCPATH/binutils-*-genscripts_multilib-*.patch*
 	mkdir ../build-binutils
 	cd ../build-binutils
 }
 
 mk() {
-	if [ "$MK64BIT" == "true" ]; then
-		ADDCONFIGURE="--libdir=/usr/lib64"
-	fi
 	CC="gcc -isystem /usr/include ${BUILDOPTIONS}" \
 	LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,/lib64:/lib ${BUILDOPTIONS}" \
 	../binutils*/configure --prefix=/usr \
-		    $ADDCONFIGURE \
-		    --enable-shared \
-		    --enable-64-bit-bfd
+			       --libdir=/usr/${LIBDIR} \
+			       --enable-shared \
+			       --enable-64-bit-bfd
 	make -j $NUMCPU configure-host
 	make -j $NUMCPU tooldir=/usr
-	MakeCheck check
+	MakeCheck -j $NUMCPU check
 	make -j $NUMCPU tooldir=/usr DESTDIR=$TMPROOT install
 }