diff --git a/allow-pylint4.patch b/allow-pylint4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ab47ee..0000000
--- a/allow-pylint4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From d20ec4adb5f2ebe9eb8075b5933ea3190f6e6665 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: nkrapp <nico.krapp@suse.com>
-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:09:38 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] bump allowed pylint to <4.1
-
----
- pyproject.toml | 6 +++---
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
-index 0be4035c..8fe9c574 100644
---- a/pyproject.toml
-+++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ all = [
-     "pycodestyle>=2.12.0,<2.13.0",
-     "pydocstyle>=6.3.0,<6.4.0",
-     "pyflakes>=3.2.0,<3.3.0",
--    "pylint>=3.1,<4",
-+    "pylint>=3.1,<4.1.0",
-     "rope>=1.11.0",
-     "yapf>=0.33.0",
-     "whatthepatch>=1.0.2,<2.0.0"
-@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ mccabe = ["mccabe>=0.7.0,<0.8.0"]
- pycodestyle = ["pycodestyle>=2.12.0,<2.13.0"]
- pydocstyle = ["pydocstyle>=6.3.0,<6.4.0"]
- pyflakes = ["pyflakes>=3.2.0,<3.3.0"]
--pylint = ["pylint>=3.1,<4"]
-+pylint = ["pylint>=3.1,<4.1.0"]
- rope = ["rope>=1.11.0"]
- yapf = ["yapf>=0.33.0", "whatthepatch>=1.0.2,<2.0.0"]
- websockets = ["websockets>=10.3"]
- test = [
--    "pylint>=3.1,<4",
-+    "pylint>=3.1,<4.1.0",
-     "pytest",
-     "pytest-cov",
-     "coverage",