diff --git a/config/patches/gitlab-rails/backup_read_REVISION.patch b/config/patches/gitlab-rails/backup_read_REVISION.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 333ef17..0000000
--- a/config/patches/gitlab-rails/backup_read_REVISION.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/backup/manager.rb b/lib/backup/manager.rb
-index efaefa4..8f0e38f 100644
---- a/lib/backup/manager.rb
-+++ b/lib/backup/manager.rb
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Backup
-       s = {}
-       s[:db_version]         = "#{ActiveRecord::Migrator.current_version}"
-       s[:backup_created_at]  = Time.now
--      s[:gitlab_version]     = %x{git rev-parse HEAD}.gsub(/\n/,"")
-+      s[:gitlab_version]     = File.read(Rails.root.join('REVISION')).chomp
-       s[:tar_version]        = %x{tar --version | head -1}.gsub(/\n/,"")
- 
-       Dir.chdir(Gitlab.config.backup.path)
-@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module Backup
-         Dir.chdir(Rails.root)
- 
-         # restoring mismatching backups can lead to unexpected problems
--        if settings[:gitlab_version] != %x{git rev-parse HEAD}.gsub(/\n/, "")
-+        if settings[:gitlab_version] != File.read(Rails.root.join('REVISION')).chomp
-           puts "GitLab version mismatch:".red
-           puts "  Your current HEAD differs from the HEAD in the backup!".red
-           puts "  Please switch to the following revision and try again:".red
diff --git a/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb b/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
index d2331dc..02fddd8 100644
--- a/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
+++ b/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ build do
   # source code to include the Git revision of the code included in the omnibus
   # build.
   command "sed -i \"s/.*REVISION.*/REVISION = '$(git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)'/\" config/initializers/2_app.rb"
-  patch :source => "backup_read_REVISION.patch"
-  command "git rev-parse HEAD > REVISION"
 
   # The user uploads path is not (yet) configurable in gitlab-rails. As a
   # workaround, omnibus-gitlab creates a symlink for public/uploads. This breaks
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