diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2e0ccc7a5..75add24fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     "lint": "repo-tools lint --cmd eslint -- src/ samples/ system-test/ test/",
     "prettier": "repo-tools exec -- prettier --write src/*.js src/*/*.js samples/*.js samples/*/*.js test/*.js test/*/*.js system-test/*.js system-test/*/*.js",
     "publish-module": "node ../../scripts/publish.js bigtable",
-    "presystem-test": "node patches/patch",
     "system-test": "repo-tools test run --cmd mocha -- system-test/*.js --no-timeouts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^2.6.0",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^6.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^2.3.1",
-    "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "ink-docstrap": "^1.3.0",
     "intelli-espower-loader": "^1.0.1",
     "jsdoc": "^3.5.5",
diff --git a/patches/patch.js b/patches/patch.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c1f59dece..000000000
--- a/patches/patch.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
-const glob = require('glob');
-
-const patched = `${__dirname}/patched-process-nextick-args.js`;
-glob.sync('./**/process-nextick-args/index.js').forEach(file => {
-  fs.copyFileSync(patched, file);
-});
diff --git a/patches/patched-process-nextick-args.js b/patches/patched-process-nextick-args.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ab1a519f3..000000000
--- a/patches/patched-process-nextick-args.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function() {
-  return process.nextTick.apply(this, arguments);
-};