diff --git a/scripts/build_windows.cmd b/scripts/build_windows.cmd
index 0df597f31f..90c513c83c 100755
--- a/scripts/build_windows.cmd
+++ b/scripts/build_windows.cmd
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ where choco
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 (echo Error: choco not found && goto :error)
 
 choco install InnoSetup
-choco install git
 call refreshenv
 where iscc
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 (echo Error: Couldn't find Inno Setup compiler. && goto :error)
 
 echo ====== Installing requirements... ======
-call git patch scripts\patches\windows.patch
+echo PKG = "exe" > dvc\utils\build.py
 call pip install .[all] || goto :error
 call pip install psutil || goto :error
 call dvc pull || goto :error
diff --git a/scripts/patches/windows.patch b/scripts/patches/windows.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 32a293b6b4..0000000000
--- a/scripts/patches/windows.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
- dvc/utils/build.py | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
- create mode 100644 dvc/utils/build.py
-
-diff --git a/dvc/utils/build.py b/dvc/utils/build.py
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000..ada7a0bb
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/dvc/utils/build.py
-@@ -0,0 +1 @@
-+PKG = "exe"
---
-2.17.1