diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2692eb5..fbb2d55 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ find_program(PATCH patch REQUIRED)
 
 add_custom_target(
   patch ALL
-  COMMAND ${PATCH} -p1 -n -i ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/patches/llama.patch
+  COMMAND ${PATCH} -p1 -N -i ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/patches/llama.patch
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/llama.cpp
   COMMENT "Applying patches"
 )
@@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ add_custom_target(
 set(LLAMA_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "Build llama as static library")
 add_subdirectory("src/llama.cpp")
 
-# apply patches
-set(PATCH_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/patches/llama.patch)
-add_custom_target(patch)
-add_custom_command(
-  TARGET patch
-  COMMAND patch -N -p1 < ${PATCH_FILE} || true
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/llama.cpp
-
-)
-add_dependencies(ggml patch)
-
 file(
   GLOB SOURCE_FILES
     "src/addons.cc"