diff --git a/patches/0_hot_fix_parquet.patch b/patches/0_hot_fix_parquet.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 90db1cc390..0000000000
--- a/patches/0_hot_fix_parquet.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/decode_fixed.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/decode_fixed.cu
-index 9acbe026bb..32bb334966 100644
---- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/decode_fixed.cu
-+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/decode_fixed.cu
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- /*
-- * Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-+ * Copyright (c) 2024-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-  *
-  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-@@ -961,9 +961,6 @@ CUDF_KERNEL void __launch_bounds__(decode_block_size_t, 8)
-     return;
-   }
- 
--  // if we have no work to do (eg, in a skip_rows/num_rows case) in this page.
--  if (s->num_rows == 0) { return; }
--
-   using value_decoder_type = std::conditional_t<
-     split_decode_t,
-     decode_fixed_width_split_values_func<decode_block_size_t, has_lists_t, state_buf_t>,
diff --git a/patches/noop.patch b/patches/noop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2