diff --git a/patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch b/patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e8235b5e..00000000
--- a/patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
---- a/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/versioning.js
-+++ b/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/versioning.js
-@@ -80,7 +80,14 @@ function get_runtime_abi(runtime, target_version) {
-     if (runtime === 'node-webkit') {
-         return get_node_webkit_abi(runtime, target_version || process.versions['node-webkit']);
-     } else if (runtime === 'electron') {
--        return get_electron_abi(runtime, target_version || process.versions.electron);
-+        var electron_version = target_version || process.versions.electron;
-+        if (!electron_version) {
-+            // TODO PR something to electron to pass in the version number for forks
-+            // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/9058
-+            try { electron_version = require('electron/package.json').version; }
-+            catch (_) { electron_version = '6.0.10'; }
-+        }
-+        return get_electron_abi(runtime, electron_version);
-     } else {
-         if (runtime != 'node') {
-             throw new Error("Unknown Runtime: '" + runtime + "'");
-@@ -263,7 +270,8 @@ function get_process_runtime(versions) {
-     var runtime = 'node';
-     if (versions['node-webkit']) {
-         runtime = 'node-webkit';
--    } else if (versions.electron) {
-+    } else if (versions.electron || process.env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE) {
-+        // Running in electron or a childProcess.fork of electron
-         runtime = 'electron';
-     }
-     return runtime;