diff --git a/explicit-gtk-init.patch b/explicit-gtk-init.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a2fe251..0000000
--- a/explicit-gtk-init.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/ephy-shell.c b/src/ephy-shell.c
-index 92df19940..61d5239e9 100644
---- a/src/ephy-shell.c
-+++ b/src/ephy-shell.c
-@@ -529,8 +529,16 @@ ephy_shell_startup (GApplication *application)
-   /* Apply elementary stylesheet instead of default Adwaita stylesheet.
-    * This needs to be before calling the parent startup() to work.
-    */
--  if (is_desktop_pantheon ())
-+  if (is_desktop_pantheon ()) {
-+    // granite_init() calls gdk_display_manager_get() internally without
-+    // initializing Gtk, which is illegal and causes an intentional
-+    // crash since Gtk 4.17. So, initialize Gtk explicitly here as a
-+    // workaround.
-+    // TODO: Remove this when https://github.com/elementary/granite/pull/893 is released
-+    gtk_init();
-+
-     granite_init ();
-+  }
- #endif
- 
-   G_APPLICATION_CLASS (ephy_shell_parent_class)->startup (application);
diff --git a/org.gnome.epiphany.json b/org.gnome.epiphany.json
index 1377f54..0025aae 100644
--- a/org.gnome.epiphany.json
+++ b/org.gnome.epiphany.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "app-id": "org.gnome.Epiphany",
     "runtime": "io.elementary.Platform",
-    "runtime-version": "8.2",
+    "runtime-version": "9",
     "sdk": "io.elementary.Sdk",
     "command": "epiphany",
     "finish-args": [
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
                         "name": "epiphany"
                     }
                 },
-                {
-                    "type": "patch",
-                    "path": "explicit-gtk-init.patch"
-                },
                 {
                     "type": "patch",
                     "path": "downloads-flat.patch"