diff --git a/DEPS.bzl b/DEPS.bzl
index 851f55e3ec5d6..2d4c23fe19091 100644
--- a/DEPS.bzl
+++ b/DEPS.bzl
@@ -4132,10 +4132,6 @@ def go_deps():
         name = "io_etcd_go_etcd_raft_v3",
         build_file_proto_mode = "disable_global",
         importpath = "go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3",
-        patch_args = ["-p1"],
-        patches = [
-            "//build/patches:io_etcd_go_etcd_raft_v3.patch",
-        ],
         sum = "h1:uCC37qOXqBvKqTGHGyhASsaCsnTuJugl1GvneJNwHWo=",
         version = "v3.5.2",
     )
diff --git a/build/patches/io_etcd_go_etcd_raft_v3.patch b/build/patches/io_etcd_go_etcd_raft_v3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 11c777b38f4de..0000000000000
--- a/build/patches/io_etcd_go_etcd_raft_v3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN a/raftpb/BUILD.bazel b/raftpb/BUILD.bazel
---- a/raftpb/BUILD.bazel	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
-+++ b/raftpb/BUILD.bazel	2000-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 -0000
-@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
- load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
-+load("@rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl", "proto_library")
- 
- go_library(
-     name = "raftpb",
-@@ -28,3 +29,12 @@
-     srcs = ["confstate_test.go"],
-     embed = [":raftpb"],
- )
-+
-+# keep
-+proto_library(
-+    name = "raftpb_proto",
-+    srcs = ["raft.proto"],
-+    deps = ["@com_github_gogo_protobuf//gogoproto:gogo_proto"],
-+    import_prefix = "etcd/raft/v3/",
-+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-+)