diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.api b/docker/Dockerfile.api
index 69651c70..0970cd37 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.api
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.api
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@10.19.0 --activate
 # Fetch deps from the lockfile first (cached unless pnpm-lock.yaml changes); the
 # store is baked into this layer and reused by the offline install below.
 COPY pnpm-lock.yaml ./
-# Patches referenced by package.json#pnpm.patchedDependencies must be present for `pnpm fetch`.
-COPY patches ./patches
 RUN pnpm fetch --store-dir /pnpm/store
 
 COPY . .
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.dashboard b/docker/Dockerfile.dashboard
index 5c2aa532..343bb571 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.dashboard
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.dashboard
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@10.19.0 --activate
 # Fetch deps from the lockfile first (cached unless pnpm-lock.yaml changes); the
 # store is baked into this layer and reused by the offline install below.
 COPY pnpm-lock.yaml ./
-# Patches referenced by package.json#pnpm.patchedDependencies must be present for `pnpm fetch`.
-COPY patches ./patches
 RUN pnpm fetch --store-dir /pnpm/store
 
 COPY . .
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.jobs b/docker/Dockerfile.jobs
index 673113be..0962b9ec 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.jobs
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.jobs
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@10.19.0 --activate
 # fetch` populates the store for the whole lockfile, so no hand-maintained package
 # list. Mirrors the api/dashboard images.
 COPY pnpm-lock.yaml ./
-# Patches referenced by package.json#pnpm.patchedDependencies must be present for `pnpm fetch`.
-COPY patches ./patches
 RUN pnpm fetch --store-dir /pnpm/store
 
 COPY . .