diff --git a/patches/removed/1.17/.gitkeep b/patches/removed/1.17/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2cc6ea22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/removed/1.17/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is where we will put patches that are no longer needed in 1.17 or have to many merge conflicts and will be dealt with later
diff --git a/patches/server-remapped/.gitkeep b/patches/server-remapped/.gitkeep
index eaa45513a..8a9e76c05 100644
--- a/patches/server-remapped/.gitkeep
+++ b/patches/server-remapped/.gitkeep
@@ -1 +1 @@
-remove once we actually start remapping patches
+this is where we will put patches after they have been automatically remapped to mojang mappings