diff --git a/ports/abseil/fix-intrin.patch b/ports/abseil/fix-intrin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 285adde0f2..0000000000
--- a/ports/abseil/fix-intrin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/absl/base/optimization.h b/absl/base/optimization.h
-index db8beaf..aaaffa4 100644
---- a/absl/base/optimization.h
-+++ b/absl/base/optimization.h
-@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
- // GCC will not tail call given inline volatile assembly.
- #define ABSL_BLOCK_TAIL_CALL_OPTIMIZATION() __asm__ __volatile__("")
- #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-+#include <intrin.h>
- // The __nop() intrinsic blocks the optimisation.
- #define ABSL_BLOCK_TAIL_CALL_OPTIMIZATION() __nop()
- #else
diff --git a/ports/abseil/portfile.cmake b/ports/abseil/portfile.cmake
index 8273f80e30..d743699518 100644
--- a/ports/abseil/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/abseil/portfile.cmake
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF master
 )
 
-vcpkg_apply_patches(
-    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-    PATCHES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/fix-intrin.patch"
-)
-
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION ${SOURCE_PATH})
 
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(