diff --git a/dev-python/pymongocrypt/files/pymongocrypt-1.10.1-no-req-text.patch b/dev-python/pymongocrypt/files/pymongocrypt-1.10.1-no-req-text.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f3af3e0..0000000
--- a/dev-python/pymongocrypt/files/pymongocrypt-1.10.1-no-req-text.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/pyproject.toml	2020-02-02 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/pyproject.toml	2024-06-27 00:04:16.829810520 +0200
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- [build-system]
--requires = ["hatchling>1.24","hatch-requirements-txt>=0.4.1"]
-+requires = ["hatchling>1.24"]
- build-backend = "hatchling.build"
- 
- [project]
-@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@
- # Used to call hatch_build.py
- [tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
- 
--[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.requirements_txt]
--files = ["requirements.txt"]
--
--[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.requirements_txt.optional-dependencies]
--test = ["requirements-test.txt"]
--
- [tool.ruff.lint]
- select = [
-   "E", "F", "W", # flake8
diff --git a/dev-python/pymongocrypt/pymongocrypt-1.10.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pymongocrypt/pymongocrypt-1.10.1.ebuild
index d47faef..972b77a 100644
--- a/dev-python/pymongocrypt/pymongocrypt-1.10.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pymongocrypt/pymongocrypt-1.10.1.ebuild
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ BDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-req-text.patch"
-)
-
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+	# we do not want hatch-requirements-txt and its ton of NIH deps
+	sed -i -e '/requirements/d' pyproject.toml || die
+}
+
 python_test() {
 	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
 		# slow