diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a4868e..7449b58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
     "pretest": "node pretest.js",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "test": "mocha test/*.test.js",
-    "posttest": "npm run lint",
-    "postinstall": "patch-package"
+    "posttest": "npm run lint"
   },
   "files": [
     "intl",
diff --git a/patches/mysql2+3.6.3.patch b/patches/mysql2+3.6.3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c49fc2..0000000
--- a/patches/mysql2+3.6.3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection_config.js b/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection_config.js
-index ec52051..52ddc36 100644
---- a/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection_config.js
-+++ b/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection_config.js
-@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ class ConnectionConfig {
-   static parseUrl(url) {
-     const parsedUrl = new URL(url);
-     const options = {
--      host: parsedUrl.hostname,
-+      host: decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.hostname),
-       port: parseInt(parsedUrl.port, 10),
--      database: parsedUrl.pathname.slice(1),
--      user: parsedUrl.username,
--      password: parsedUrl.password
-+      database: decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.pathname.slice(1)),
-+      user: decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.username),
-+      password: decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.password)
-     };
-     parsedUrl.searchParams.forEach((value, key) => {
-       try {