diff --git a/0001-record-Use-vp8-instead-of-x264.patch b/0001-record-Use-vp8-instead-of-x264.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a0f9eac..0000000
--- a/0001-record-Use-vp8-instead-of-x264.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-From bfeb50c28c5282a451ca9e48ca6736e66de108a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Aleix Pol <aleixpol@kde.org>
-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:00:07 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] record: Use vp8 instead of x264
-
-Initially tried using vp9 but it's much slower in comparison and the videos
-I get with this are acceptable.
-It's better than x264 because it's easier to distribute by the different
-distributions that ship our software.
----
- src/pipewirerecord.cpp | 16 +++++++++++-----
- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/pipewirerecord.cpp b/src/pipewirerecord.cpp
-index 385b59c..8098d33 100644
---- a/src/pipewirerecord.cpp
-+++ b/src/pipewirerecord.cpp
-@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PipeWireRecord::PipeWireRecord(QObject *parent)
-     : QObject(parent)
-     , d(new PipeWireRecordPrivate)
- {
--    d->m_encoder = "libx264rgb";
-+    d->m_encoder = "libvpx";
-     av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_DEBUG);
- }
- 
-@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void PipeWireRecordProduce::finish()
- 
- QString PipeWireRecord::extension()
- {
--    return QStringLiteral("mp4");
-+    return QStringLiteral("webm");
- }
- 
- void PipeWireRecordProduce::setupStream()
-@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ void PipeWireRecordProduce::setupStream()
-     disconnect(m_stream.get(), &PipeWireSourceStream::streamParametersChanged, this, &PipeWireRecordProduce::setupStream);
-     avformat_alloc_output_context2(&m_avFormatContext, nullptr, nullptr, m_output.toUtf8().constData());
-     if (!m_avFormatContext) {
--        qCWarning(PIPEWIRERECORD_LOGGING) << "Could not deduce output format from file: using MPEG." << m_output;
--        avformat_alloc_output_context2(&m_avFormatContext, nullptr, "mpeg", m_output.toUtf8().constData());
-+        qCWarning(PIPEWIRERECORD_LOGGING) << "Could not deduce output format from file: using WebM." << m_output;
-+        avformat_alloc_output_context2(&m_avFormatContext, nullptr, "webm", m_output.toUtf8().constData());
-     }
-     if (!m_avFormatContext) {
-         qCDebug(PIPEWIRERECORD_LOGGING) << "could not set stream up";
-@@ -265,7 +265,13 @@ void PipeWireRecordProduce::setupStream()
-     }
-     m_avCodecContext->time_base = AVRational{1, 1000};
- 
--    if (avcodec_open2(m_avCodecContext, m_codec, nullptr) < 0) {
-+    AVDictionary *options = nullptr;
-+    av_dict_set_int(&options, "threads", 4, 0);
-+    av_dict_set(&options, "preset", "ultrafast", 0);
-+    av_dict_set(&options, "tune-content", "screen", 0);
-+    av_dict_set(&options, "quality", "realtime", 0);
-+
-+    if (avcodec_open2(m_avCodecContext, m_codec, &options) < 0) {
-         qCWarning(PIPEWIRERECORD_LOGGING) << "Could not open codec";
-         return;
-     }
--- 
-2.39.1
-
diff --git a/kpipewire.spec b/kpipewire.spec
index 9b16d53..2beddb6 100644
--- a/kpipewire.spec
+++ b/kpipewire.spec
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ URL:     https://invent.kde.org/plasma/%{name}
 %endif
 Source0: http://download.kde.org/%{stable}/plasma/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-# Use VP8 on WebM instead of x264 on MP4 for screen recording by default
-# Adapted from: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kpipewire/-/merge_requests/20
-Patch0:         0001-record-Use-vp8-instead-of-x264.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  extra-cmake-modules