diff --git a/patches/kubo+0.29.0-rc2.patch b/patches/kubo+0.29.0-rc2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 55cbdb273..000000000
--- a/patches/kubo+0.29.0-rc2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/kubo/bin/ipfs b/node_modules/kubo/bin/ipfs
-index 70b8f92..4d3c24c 100644
---- a/node_modules/kubo/src/download.js
-+++ b/node_modules/kubo/src/download.js
-@@ -204,7 +204,23 @@ async function link ({ depBin, version }) {
-   }
- 
-   console.info('Linking', depBin, 'to', localBin)
--  fs.symlinkSync(depBin, localBin)
-+  try {
-+    fs.symlinkSync(depBin, localBin)
-+  } catch (err) {
-+    // Try to recover when creating symlink on modern Windows fails (https://github.com/ipfs/npm-kubo/issues/68)
-+    if (isWin && typeof err === 'object' && err !== null && 'code' in err && err.code === 'EPERM') {
-+      console.info('Symlink creation failed due to insufficient privileges. Attempting to copy file instead...')
-+      try {
-+        fs.copyFileSync(depBin, localBin)
-+        console.info('Copying', depBin, 'to', localBin)
-+      } catch (copyErr) {
-+        console.error('File copy also failed:', copyErr)
-+        throw copyErr
-+      }
-+    } else {
-+      throw err
-+    }
-+  }
- 
-   if (isWin) {
-     // On Windows, update the shortcut file to use the .exe