diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/bundle-server.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/bundle-server.ts
index 455f2266f..5f8dee424 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/bundle-server.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/bundle-server.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { build, type Plugin } from "esbuild";
 import { getOpenNextConfig } from "../../api/config.js";
 import { patchVercelOgLibrary } from "./patches/ast/patch-vercel-og-library.js";
 import { patchWebpackRuntime } from "./patches/ast/webpack-runtime.js";
-import * as patches from "./patches/index.js";
 import { inlineDynamicRequires } from "./patches/plugins/dynamic-requires.js";
 import { inlineFindDir } from "./patches/plugins/find-dir.js";
 import { patchInstrumentation } from "./patches/plugins/instrumentation.js";
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ import { patchDepdDeprecations } from "./patches/plugins/patch-depd-deprecations
 import { fixRequire } from "./patches/plugins/require.js";
 import { shimRequireHook } from "./patches/plugins/require-hook.js";
 import { setWranglerExternal } from "./patches/plugins/wrangler-external.js";
-import { needsExperimentalReact, normalizePath, patchCodeWithValidations } from "./utils/index.js";
+import { copyPackageCliFiles, needsExperimentalReact, normalizePath } from "./utils/index.js";
 
 /** The dist directory of the Cloudflare adapter package */
 const packageDistDir = path.join(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../..");
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ const optionalDependencies = [
  * Bundle the Open Next server.
  */
 export async function bundleServer(buildOpts: BuildOptions): Promise<void> {
-  patches.copyPackageCliFiles(packageDistDir, buildOpts);
+  copyPackageCliFiles(packageDistDir, buildOpts);
 
   const { appPath, outputDir, monorepoRoot, debug } = buildOpts;
   const baseManifestPath = path.join(
@@ -174,13 +173,11 @@ export async function bundleServer(buildOpts: BuildOptions): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 /**
- * This function applies patches required for the code to run on workers.
+ * This function apply updates to the bundled code.
  */
 export async function updateWorkerBundledCode(workerOutputFile: string): Promise<void> {
   const code = await readFile(workerOutputFile, "utf8");
-  const patchedCode = await patchCodeWithValidations(code, [
-    ["require", patches.patchRequire, { isOptional: true }],
-  ]);
+  const patchedCode = code.replace(/__require\d?\(/g, "require(").replace(/__require\d?\./g, "require.");
   await writeFile(workerOutputFile, patchedCode);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/index.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a33214603..000000000
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export * from "./investigated/index.js";
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/index.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 70bb87206..000000000
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-export * from "./copy-package-cli-files.js";
-export * from "./patch-require.js";
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/patch-require.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/patch-require.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d86ff3a99..000000000
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/patch-require.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Replaces webpack `__require` with actual `require`
- */
-export function patchRequire(code: string): string {
-  return code.replace(/__require\d?\(/g, "require(").replace(/__require\d?\./g, "require.");
-}
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/apply-patches.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/apply-patches.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 599158daa..000000000
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/apply-patches.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Applies multiple code patches in order to a given piece of code, at each step it validates that the code
- * has actually been patched/changed, if not an error is thrown
- *
- * @param code the code to apply the patches to
- * @param patches array of tuples, containing a string indicating the target of the patching (for logging) and
- *                a patching function that takes a string (pre-patch code) and returns a string (post-patch code)
- * @returns the patched code
- */
-export async function patchCodeWithValidations(
-  code: string,
-  patches: [string, (code: string) => string | Promise<string>, opts?: { isOptional?: boolean }][]
-): Promise<string> {
-  console.log(`Applying code patches:`);
-  let patchedCode = code;
-
-  for (const [target, patchFunction, opts] of patches) {
-    console.log(` - patching ${target}`);
-
-    const prePatchCode = patchedCode;
-    patchedCode = await patchFunction(patchedCode);
-
-    if (!opts?.isOptional && prePatchCode === patchedCode) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to patch ${target}`);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return patchedCode;
-}
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/copy-package-cli-files.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/copy-package-cli-files.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/copy-package-cli-files.ts
rename to packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/copy-package-cli-files.ts
index 263b480f4..cbe5c993f 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/copy-package-cli-files.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/copy-package-cli-files.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 
 import type { BuildOptions } from "@opennextjs/aws/build/helper.js";
 
-import { getOutputWorkerPath } from "../../bundle-server.js";
+import { getOutputWorkerPath } from "../bundle-server.js";
 
 /**
  * Copies
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/index.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/index.ts
index cca97f023..869bbe6bb 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export * from "./apply-patches.js";
+export * from "./copy-package-cli-files.js";
 export * from "./create-config-files.js";
 export * from "./ensure-cf-config.js";
 export * from "./extract-project-env-vars.js";