diff --git a/misc/py-boost-histogram/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/misc/py-boost-histogram/files/patch-pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 13bd5254e94d..000000000000
--- a/misc/py-boost-histogram/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-08-25 07:41:54 UTC
-+++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- [build-system]
--requires = ["scikit-build-core>=0.10", "pybind11>=2.13.3"]
-+requires = ["scikit-build-core", "pybind11>=2.13.3"]
- build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
- 
- [project]
-@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/boost-histog
- 
- 
- [tool.scikit-build]
--minimum-version = "build-system.requires"
--cmake.version = "CMakeLists.txt"
- metadata.version.provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.setuptools_scm"
- sdist.exclude = [
-   "extern/**/*.py",