diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax-triton/jax-triton-0.1.1_ignore_missing_torch.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax-triton/jax-triton-0.1.1_ignore_missing_torch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc166c8158a..00000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/jax-triton/jax-triton-0.1.1_ignore_missing_torch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# Thomas Hoffmann, EMBL Heidelberg, structures-it@embl.de, 2024/12
-# fix: import jax_triton sanity check fails, if PyTorch is not loaded.
-
-diff -ru jax-triton-0.1.1/jax_triton/triton_call.py jax-triton-0.1.1_ignore_missing_torch/jax_triton/triton_call.py
---- jax-triton-0.1.1/jax_triton/triton_call.py	2022-09-13 06:27:46.000000000 +0200
-+++ jax-triton-0.1.1_ignore_missing_torch/jax_triton/triton_call.py	2024-12-19 15:47:16.069571976 +0100
-@@ -26,11 +26,15 @@
- from jax.interpreters import mlir
- from jax import tree_util
- from jax._src import util
--from jax._src.lib import xla_bridge as xb
-+from jax.lib import xla_bridge as xb
- from jax._src.lib.mlir import ir
- from jax._src.lib.mlir.dialects import mhlo
- import numpy as np
--import torch
-+_has_torch=True
-+try:
-+    import torch
-+except:
-+    _has_torch = False
- import triton
- import triton.language as tl
- 
-@@ -109,8 +113,11 @@
-       dump_binary_path=dump_binary_path, **metaparams)
-   return tree_util.tree_unflatten(out_tree, out_flat)
- 
--table = {'float32': torch.float32, 'int32': torch.int32, 'float16': torch.float16,
--         'float64': torch.float64, 'int64': torch.int64 }
-+table = {}
-+
-+if _has_torch:
-+    table = {'float32': torch.float32, 'int32': torch.int32, 'float16': torch.float16,
-+             'float64': torch.float64, 'int64': torch.int64 }
- 
- @triton_call_p.def_impl
- def triton_call_impl(*args, kernel, out_shapes, grid, dump_binary_path, **metaparams):