diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ecb757404..bafb694a6 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "org_tensorflow",
-    # patches = ["//third_party/tf:tf.patch"],
     sha256 = "75d63eab5c4b41a831e39e2e3795e1f9dcc247e8fcca11bf3f3e1a6ac35e55d0",
     strip_prefix = "tensorflow-2.17.1",
     urls = ["https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/archive/refs/tags/v2.17.1.zip"],
diff --git a/third_party/tf/tf.patch b/third_party/tf/tf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e32a38ad3..000000000
--- a/third_party/tf/tf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-# Patch used for tf 2.15, for tf 2.16> it is not needed anymore.
-# diff --git tensorflow/tools/toolchains/cpus/aarch64/aarch64_compiler_configure.bzl tensorflow/tools/toolchains/cpus/aarch64/aarch64_compiler_configure.bzl
-# index a2bdd6a7eed..ec25c23d8d4 100644
-# --- tensorflow/tools/toolchains/cpus/aarch64/aarch64_compiler_configure.bzl
-# +++ tensorflow/tools/toolchains/cpus/aarch64/aarch64_compiler_configure.bzl
-# @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- 
-#  load("//tensorflow/tools/toolchains:cpus/aarch64/aarch64.bzl", "remote_aarch64_configure")
-#  load("//third_party/remote_config:remote_platform_configure.bzl", "remote_platform_configure")
-# -load("//third_party/py:python_configure.bzl", "remote_python_configure")
-# +load("//third_party/py/non_hermetic:python_configure.bzl", "remote_python_configure")
- 
-#  def ml2014_tf_aarch64_configs(name_container_map, env):
-#      for name, container in name_container_map.items():
-# diff --git tensorflow/tools/toolchains/remote_config/rbe_config.bzl tensorflow/tools/toolchains/remote_config/rbe_config.bzl
-# index 9f71a414bf7..57f70752323 100644
-# --- tensorflow/tools/toolchains/remote_config/rbe_config.bzl
-# +++ tensorflow/tools/toolchains/remote_config/rbe_config.bzl
-# @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#  """Macro that creates external repositories for remote config."""
- 
-# -load("//third_party/py:python_configure.bzl", "local_python_configure", "remote_python_configure")
-# +load("//third_party/py/non_hermetic:python_configure.bzl", "local_python_configure", "remote_python_configure")
-#  load("//third_party/gpus:cuda_configure.bzl", "remote_cuda_configure")
-#  load("//third_party/nccl:nccl_configure.bzl", "remote_nccl_configure")
-#  load("//third_party/gpus:rocm_configure.bzl", "remote_rocm_configure")
-# diff --git tensorflow/workspace2.bzl tensorflow/workspace2.bzl
-# index 7e9faa558a4..5b18cb0969a 100644
-# --- tensorflow/workspace2.bzl
-# +++ tensorflow/workspace2.bzl
-# @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ load("//third_party/gpus:rocm_configure.bzl", "rocm_configure")
-#  load("//third_party/tensorrt:tensorrt_configure.bzl", "tensorrt_configure")
-#  load("//third_party/nccl:nccl_configure.bzl", "nccl_configure")
-#  load("//third_party/git:git_configure.bzl", "git_configure")
-# -load("//third_party/py:python_configure.bzl", "python_configure")
-# +load("//third_party/py/non_hermetic:python_configure.bzl", "python_configure")
-#  load("//third_party/systemlibs:syslibs_configure.bzl", "syslibs_configure")
-#  load("//tensorflow/tools/toolchains:cpus/aarch64/aarch64_compiler_configure.bzl", "aarch64_compiler_configure")
-#  load("//tensorflow/tools/toolchains:cpus/arm/arm_compiler_configure.bzl", "arm_compiler_configure")
-# diff --git third_party/py/non_hermetic/python_configure.bzl third_party/py/non_hermetic/python_configure.bzl
-# index 300cbfb6c71..09d98505dd9 100644
-# --- third_party/py/non_hermetic/python_configure.bzl
-# +++ third_party/py/non_hermetic/python_configure.bzl
-# @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def _create_local_python_repository(repository_ctx):
-#      # Resolve all labels before doing any real work. Resolving causes the
-#      # function to be restarted with all previous state being lost. This
-#      # can easily lead to a O(n^2) runtime in the number of labels.
-# -    build_tpl = repository_ctx.path(Label("//third_party/py:BUILD.tpl"))
-# +    build_tpl = repository_ctx.path(Label("//third_party/py/non_hermetic:BUILD.tpl"))
- 
-#      python_bin = get_python_bin(repository_ctx)
-#      _check_python_bin(repository_ctx, python_bin)
-# diff --git third_party/py/numpy/BUILD third_party/py/numpy/BUILD
-# index 97c7907fc38..c80cc5287bc 100644
-# --- third_party/py/numpy/BUILD
-# +++ third_party/py/numpy/BUILD
-# @@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ licenses(["restricted"])
- 
-#  package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
- 
-# -alias(
-# +py_library(
-#      name = "numpy",
-# -    actual = "@pypi_numpy//:pkg",
-# +    srcs = ["tf_numpy_dummy.py"],
-# +    srcs_version = "PY3",
-#  )
- 
-#  alias(
-#      name = "headers",
-# -    actual = "@pypi_numpy//:numpy_headers",
-# +    actual = "@local_config_python//:numpy_headers",
-#  )
- 
-#  genrule(
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