diff --git a/patches/wyoming_piper_handler.diff b/patches/wyoming_piper_handler.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b72558..0000000
--- a/patches/wyoming_piper_handler.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- handler.py  2025-01-04 19:50:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ handler.py.patched  2025-01-04 20:58:52.201781636 +0000
-@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
-
-             _LOGGER.debug("input: %s", input_obj)
-             piper_proc.proc.stdin.write(
--                (json.dumps(input_obj, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n").encode()
-+                (f"{text}\n").encode()
-             )
-             await piper_proc.proc.stdin.drain()