diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index ed95759..1a923ee 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ source:
     - patches/0001-Fix-no-instance-of-constructor-qsim-StateSpaceCUDA-F.patch  # [cuda_compiler != "None"]
     - patches/0002-Remove-PUBLIC-from-target_link_libraries-with-OpenMP.patch  # [cuda_compiler != "None"]
     - patches/0003-Set-pybind11_INCLUDE_DIRS-correctly-for-CUDA.patch          # [cuda_compiler != "None"]
-    - patches/0004-Set-PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR-in-setup.py.patch
     - patches/0005-Allow-installing-for-Python-3.12.patch
     - patches/0006-Set-CUDA_ARCHITECTURES-all-cmake-policy-CMP0104.patch       # [cuda_compiler != "None"]
     - patches/0007-Always-skip-test_cirq_qsim_gpu_amplitudes-because-no.patch  # [cuda_compiler != "None"]
diff --git a/recipe/patches/0004-Set-PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR-in-setup.py.patch b/recipe/patches/0004-Set-PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR-in-setup.py.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 573bc0d..0000000
--- a/recipe/patches/0004-Set-PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR-in-setup.py.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-From 12ef16198c3788df61d0de43680eb7c56ddce1d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Bas Nijholt <bas@nijho.lt>
-Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 13:14:23 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Set PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR in setup.py
-
-Prevents
-```
-      CMake Error at /home/bas.nijholt/micromamba/envs/qsim/share/cmake-3.27/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
-        Could NOT find PythonLibs (missing: PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS) (Required is at
-        least version "3.7")
-      Call Stack (most recent call first):
-        /home/bas.nijholt/micromamba/envs/qsim/share/cmake-3.27/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:600 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
-        /home/bas.nijholt/micromamba/envs/qsim/share/cmake-3.27/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake:323 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS)
-        pybind_interface/cuda/CMakeLists.txt:18 (find_package)
-```
----
- setup.py | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index ed4720c..1cb2ec5 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import sys
- import shutil
- import platform
- import subprocess
-+import sysconfig
- 
- from setuptools import setup, Extension
- from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
-@@ -38,10 +39,12 @@ class CMakeBuild(build_ext):
- 
-     def build_extension(self, ext):
-         extdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(self.get_ext_fullpath(ext.name)))
-+        python_include_dir = sysconfig.get_path("include")
-         cmake_args = [
-             "-DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=nvcc",
-             "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=" + extdir,
-             "-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=" + sys.executable,
-+            "-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=" + python_include_dir,
-         ]
- 
-         cfg = "Debug" if self.debug else "Release"
--- 
-2.43.0
-