diff --git a/patches/lifecycle/001-score-tooling-not-dev-dependency.patch b/patches/lifecycle/001-score-tooling-not-dev-dependency.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b4687f5127..00000000000
--- a/patches/lifecycle/001-score-tooling-not-dev-dependency.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
---- a/MODULE.bazel
-+++ b/MODULE.bazel
-@@ -40,1 +40,1 @@ bazel_dep(name = "score_bazel_platforms", version = "1.1.0", dev_dependency = True)
--bazel_dep(name = "score_tooling", version = "2.2.1", dev_dependency = True)
-+bazel_dep(name = "score_tooling", version = "2.2.1")
diff --git a/patches/lifecycle/002-remove-hedron-compile-commands.patch b/patches/lifecycle/002-remove-hedron-compile-commands.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d0632ba4a8..00000000000
--- a/patches/lifecycle/002-remove-hedron-compile-commands.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
---- a/BUILD
-+++ b/BUILD
-@@ -14,1 +14,0 @@
--load("@hedron_compile_commands//:refresh_compile_commands.bzl", "refresh_compile_commands")
-@@ -20,11 +19,0 @@ load("//:project_config.bzl", "PROJECT_CONFIG")
--# Generate `compile_commands.json`.
--# Required for `clangd` support.
--refresh_compile_commands(
--    name = "generate_compile_commands",
--    exclude_external_sources = True,
--    target_compatible_with = ["@platforms//os:linux"],
--    targets = {
--        "//...": "",
--    },
--)
--
diff --git a/patches/lifecycle/003-doc-dependencies-not-dev.patch b/patches/lifecycle/003-doc-dependencies-not-dev.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 652303ab6c0..00000000000
--- a/patches/lifecycle/003-doc-dependencies-not-dev.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
---- a/MODULE.bazel
-+++ b/MODULE.bazel
-@@ -46,2 +46,2 @@ bazel_dep(name = "score_rust_policies", version = "0.0.5", dev_dependency = True)
--bazel_dep(name = "score_process_description", version = "2.1.2", dev_dependency = True)
--bazel_dep(name = "score_platform", version = "0.7.1", dev_dependency = True)
-+bazel_dep(name = "score_process_description", version = "2.1.2")
-+bazel_dep(name = "score_platform", version = "0.7.1")
diff --git a/patches/lifecycle/004-lower-quick-start-heading.patch b/patches/lifecycle/004-lower-quick-start-heading.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fc915c39b9..00000000000
--- a/patches/lifecycle/004-lower-quick-start-heading.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
---- a/docs/index.rst
-+++ b/docs/index.rst
-@@ -43,2 +43,2 @@
- Quick Start - Building and Testing
--==================================
-+----------------------------------
diff --git a/patches/lifecycle/BUILD b/patches/lifecycle/BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000