diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index acc5960..78f6682 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ repositories {
     }
 }
 
-val patchesDependency = "app.revanced:revanced-patches:1.+"
-
 dependencies {
     implementation(kotlin("stdlib"))
     implementation("app.revanced:revanced-patcher:+")
-    implementation(patchesDependency)
     implementation("info.picocli:picocli:+")
 
     implementation("me.tongfei:progressbar:+")
@@ -45,9 +42,6 @@ tasks {
         dependsOn(shadowJar)
     }
     shadowJar {
-        dependencies {
-            exclude(dependency(patchesDependency))
-        }
         manifest {
             attributes("Main-Class" to "app.revanced.cli.MainKt")
             attributes("Implementation-Title" to project.name)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patch/PatchLoader.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patch/PatchLoader.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 088076f..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patch/PatchLoader.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-package app.revanced.patch
-
-import java.io.File
-import java.net.URLClassLoader
-
-internal class PatchLoader {
-    internal companion object {
-
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patch/Patches.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patch/Patches.kt
index b302c90..4b24a81 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patch/Patches.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patch/Patches.kt
@@ -2,25 +2,25 @@ package app.revanced.patch
 
 import app.revanced.patcher.data.base.Data
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.base.Patch
-import app.revanced.patches.Index
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URLClassLoader
 
 internal object Patches {
 
-
     /**
      * This method loads patches from a given patch file
      * @return the loaded patches represented as a list of functions returning instances of [Patch]
      */
-    internal fun load(patchFile: File): List<() -> Patch<Data>> {
-        val url = patchFile.toURI().toURL()
+    internal fun load(patchesJar: File): List<() -> Patch<Data>> {
+        val url = patchesJar.toURI().toURL()
         val classLoader = URLClassLoader(arrayOf(url))
-        return loadIndex(classLoader).patches
+
+        val indexClass = classLoader.loadClass("app.revanced.patches.Index")
+
+        val index = indexClass.declaredFields.last()
+        index.isAccessible = true
+
+        @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+        return index.get(null) as List<() -> Patch<Data>>
     }
-    private fun loadIndex(classLoader: ClassLoader) = classLoader
-        .loadClass(Index::class.java.canonicalName)
-        .fields
-        .first()
-        .get(null) as Index
 }