diff --git a/appveyor/apply_patch.sh b/appveyor/apply_patch.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d85392..0000000
--- a/appveyor/apply_patch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-mydir=$(dirname "$0")
-patch -p1 < "$mydir"/../kiwixbuild/patches/"$1"