diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/clang.patch b/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/clang.patch
index 9e434fcbe7d..dbe15dad045 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/clang.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/clang.patch
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Move the HAVE_CLANG block up into the FULL_OPTIMIZATION case, alongside
 HAVE_GCC.  This option is never enabled (as it's basically "use native")
 so resolves the build failure.
 
-Upstream-Status: Pending
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [obsoleted by "Detect and enable optimization
+                 and hardening flags across the builds" upstream in lame-4.1]
 Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
 
 diff --git i/configure.ac w/configure.ac
diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/id3tags.patch b/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/id3tags.patch
index 1ce36b9e890..e71d943a227 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/id3tags.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/id3tags.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/mailman/message/59358795/
 This has been also fixed in the dev tree and will be included in
 LAME release 4.1.
 
-Upstream-Status: Pending
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [obsoleted by "frontend, libmp3lame: fix ID3v2
+                 UTF-8 tag path" upstream in lame-4.1]
 Signed-off-by: Leon Anavi <leon.anavi@konsulko.com>
 
 diff --git a/frontend/parse.c b/frontend/parse.c
diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/no-gtk1.patch b/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/no-gtk1.patch
index 1d7527e1800..fa6379b8a9a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/no-gtk1.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/lame/lame/no-gtk1.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [obsoleted by "frontend: replace the mp3x frame
+                 analyzer with a GTK4 implementation" upstream in lame-4.1]
 
 # Acquired from OpenEmbedded