diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/remove-conan-install.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/remove-conan-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c5ae87b082..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qiskit-aer/remove-conan-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index efeacfc..77bd6bd 100755
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@ endif()
- # Looking for external libraries
- #
- 
--setup_conan()
-+find_package(muparserx REQUIRED)
-+find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
-+find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
-+# for tests only
-+find_package(catch2)
- 
- # If we do not set them with a space CMake fails afterwards if nothing is set for this vars!
- set(AER_LINKER_FLAGS " ")
-@@ -269,16 +273,16 @@ endif()
- set(AER_LIBRARIES
- 	${AER_LIBRARIES}
- 	${BLAS_LIBRARIES}
--	CONAN_PKG::nlohmann_json
-+	nlohmann_json
- 	Threads::Threads
--	CONAN_PKG::spdlog
-+	spdlog
- 	${DL_LIB}
- 	${THRUST_DEPENDANT_LIBS})
- 
- set(AER_COMPILER_DEFINITIONS ${AER_COMPILER_DEFINITIONS} ${CONAN_DEFINES})
- # Cython build is only enabled if building through scikit-build.
- if(SKBUILD) # Terra Addon build
--	set(AER_LIBRARIES ${AER_LIBRARIES} CONAN_PKG::muparserx)
-+	set(AER_LIBRARIES ${AER_LIBRARIES} muparserx)
- 	add_subdirectory(qiskit/providers/aer/pulse/qutip_extra_lite/cy)
- 	add_subdirectory(qiskit/providers/aer/backends/wrappers)
- 	add_subdirectory(src/open_pulse)
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index fd71e9f..1561cc4 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ import inspect
- 
- PACKAGE_NAME = os.getenv('QISKIT_AER_PACKAGE_NAME', 'qiskit-aer')
- 
--try:
--    from conans import client
--except ImportError:
--    subprocess.call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', 'conan'])
--    from conans import client
--
- try:
-     from skbuild import setup
- except ImportError:
-@@ -46,8 +40,6 @@ common_requirements = [
- 
- setup_requirements = common_requirements + [
-     'scikit-build',
--    'cmake!=3.17,!=3.17.0',
--    'conan>=1.22.2'
- ]
- 
- requirements = common_requirements + ['qiskit-terra>=0.12.0']