diff --git a/makefiles/Makefile.third_party.win.mk b/makefiles/Makefile.third_party.win.mk
index cc4af50055b..b0c7c38c411 100644
--- a/makefiles/Makefile.third_party.win.mk
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile.third_party.win.mk
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ dependencies/sources/abseil-cpp-$(ABSL_TAG): | dependencies/sources
 	-$(DELREC) dependencies/sources/abseil-cpp-$(ABSL_TAG)
 	git clone --quiet https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git dependencies\sources\abseil-cpp-$(ABSL_TAG)
 	cd dependencies\sources\abseil-cpp-$(ABSL_TAG) && git reset --hard $(ABSL_TAG)
-	cd dependencies\sources\abseil-cpp-$(ABSL_TAG) && git apply "$(OR_TOOLS_TOP)\patches\abseil-cpp-$(ABSL_TAG).patch"
+	# cd dependencies\sources\abseil-cpp-$(ABSL_TAG) && git apply "$(OR_TOOLS_TOP)\patches\abseil-cpp-$(ABSL_TAG).patch"
 
 ABSL_INC = /I"$(WINDOWS_ABSL_PATH)\\include"
 ABSL_SWIG = -I"$(WINDOWS_ABSL_PATH)/include"