diff --git a/projects/google.github.io/snappy/CMakeLists.txt.patch b/projects/google.github.io/snappy/CMakeLists.txt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bc717e7..00000000
--- a/projects/google.github.io/snappy/CMakeLists.txt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index c3062e2..0ed2c1c 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ else(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
-     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall")
-   endif(NOT CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "-Wall")
-
--  # Use -Wextra for clang and gcc.
--  if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "-Wextra")
--    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wextra")
--  endif(NOT CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "-Wextra")
--
--  # Use -Werror for clang only.
--  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
--    if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "-Werror")
--      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror")
--    endif(NOT CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "-Werror")
--  endif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
--
-   # Disable C++ exceptions.
-   string(REGEX REPLACE "-fexceptions" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
-   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fno-exceptions")
diff --git a/projects/google.github.io/snappy/package.yml b/projects/google.github.io/snappy/package.yml
index d0c91b5b..dd03251e 100644
--- a/projects/google.github.io/snappy/package.yml
+++ b/projects/google.github.io/snappy/package.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,8 @@ build:
     gnu.org/patch: '*'
   script:
     # disable -Werror (because there are warnings lol)
-    - patch -p1 <props/CMakeLists.txt.patch
     # disable no-rtti, since it messes up folly
-    - run: |
-        sed -i.bak -e '/# Disable RTTI./{N;N;d;}' CMakeLists.txt
-        rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+    - sed -i -e 's/ -Werror//g' -e '/# Disable RTTI./{N;N;d;}' CMakeLists.txt
     - cmake . $ARGS
     - make install
     - make clean