diff --git a/avoid-deprecated-ast.patch b/avoid-deprecated-ast.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f6c8de8..0000000
--- a/avoid-deprecated-ast.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From 05caf0772d605799e5d2337018fd32ac829b37aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Est=C3=A8ve?= <loic.esteve@ymail.com>
-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:59:00 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] MNT fix Python 3.12 deprecation warning (#1518)
-
----
- joblib/_utils.py | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/joblib/_utils.py b/joblib/_utils.py
-index 7693310e0..6cd99ad31 100644
---- a/joblib/_utils.py
-+++ b/joblib/_utils.py
-@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ def eval_expr(expr):
- 
- 
- def eval_(node):
--    if isinstance(node, ast.Num):  # <number>
--        return node.n
-+    if isinstance(node, ast.Constant):  # <constant>
-+        return node.value
-     elif isinstance(node, ast.BinOp):  # <left> <operator> <right>
-         return operators[type(node.op)](eval_(node.left), eval_(node.right))
-     elif isinstance(node, ast.UnaryOp):  # <operator> <operand> e.g., -1