diff --git a/ci/publish-tarball.sh b/ci/publish-tarball.sh
index 5703b371661ee5..ef078f6636c0d5 100755
--- a/ci/publish-tarball.sh
+++ b/ci/publish-tarball.sh
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ windows)
     git config core.symlinks true
     find . -type l -delete
     git reset --hard
-    # patched crossbeam doesn't build on windows
-    sed -i 's/^crossbeam-epoch/#crossbeam-epoch/' Cargo.toml
   )
   ;;
 *)