diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 41cfc5444ab..8d5be829e22 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
 # Add googletest directly to our build. This defines
 # the gtest and gtest_main targets.
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/build/local/src/gtest/googletest-release-1.10.0
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/build/local/src/gtest/googletest-release-1.11.0
                  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest-build
                  EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
diff --git a/tools/gtest.patch b/tools/gtest.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 83138001530..00000000000
--- a/tools/gtest.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt	2019-10-03 23:52:15.000000000 +0900
-+++ CMakeLists.txt.patched	2021-01-29 10:16:41.000000000 +0900
-@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
- # Note: CMake support is community-based. The maintainers do not use CMake
- # internally.
- 
--cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.8)
-+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
- 
- if (POLICY CMP0048)
-   cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
diff --git a/tools/gtest_mock.patch b/tools/gtest_mock.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b9dfb81c62..00000000000
--- a/tools/gtest_mock.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- googlemock/CMakeLists.txt	2019-10-03 23:52:15.000000000 +0900
-+++ googlemock/CMakeLists.txt.patched	2021-01-29 10:28:32.000000000 +0900
-@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
-   cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
-   project(gmock VERSION ${GOOGLETEST_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX C)
- endif()
--cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4)
-+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
- 
- if (COMMAND set_up_hermetic_build)
-   set_up_hermetic_build()
diff --git a/tools/gtest_test.patch b/tools/gtest_test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 09b0d659c79..00000000000
--- a/tools/gtest_test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- googletest/CMakeLists.txt	2019-10-03 23:52:15.000000000 +0900
-+++ googletest/CMakeLists.txt.patched	2021-01-29 10:24:45.000000000 +0900
-@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
-   cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
-   project(gtest VERSION ${GOOGLETEST_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX C)
- endif()
--cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.4)
-+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
- 
- if (POLICY CMP0063) # Visibility
-   cmake_policy(SET CMP0063 NEW)
diff --git a/tools/install-dependencies b/tools/install-dependencies
index 78fcf02cb73..d28f7731f37 100755
--- a/tools/install-dependencies
+++ b/tools/install-dependencies
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PREFIX/lib"
 export LD_RUN_PATH="$PREFIX/lib"
 
 # Download Google Test
-export GTEST_VERSION=1.10.0
+export GTEST_VERSION=1.11.0
 GTEST_DIR="$ROOT/build/local/src/gtest"
 mkdir -p "$GTEST_DIR"
 cd "$GTEST_DIR"
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ tar xzf release-$GTEST_VERSION.tar.gz
 
 # Build gtest
 cd googletest-release-$GTEST_VERSION
-echo "patching cmake minimum version"
-cp $ROOT/tools/*.patch .
-patch CMakeLists.txt gtest.patch
-patch googletest/CMakeLists.txt gtest_test.patch
-patch googlemock/CMakeLists.txt gtest_mock.patch
-
 cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$PREFIX -H.
 make -j4
 make install