diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/common.nix
index 749aafc44924..9e02460f2774 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/common.nix
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ in (chromium.override { upstream-info = info.chromium; }).mkDerivation (base: {
       src = ./version.patch;
       inherit (info) version;
     })
-
-  # we remove the web_tests directory in the chromium src FOD to reduce the output size, but this backported patch includes patches on web_tests
-  ++ lib.optional (lib.versions.major info.version == "26")
-    ./electron-26-remove-web_tests-patch.patch
   ;
 
   unpackPhase = ''
@@ -122,10 +118,10 @@ in (chromium.override { upstream-info = info.chromium; }).mkDerivation (base: {
       for key in $(jq -r "keys[]" $config)
       do
         value=$(jq -r ".\"$key\"" $config)
-        echo patching $value
         for patch in $(cat $key/.patches)
         do
-          git apply -p1 --directory=$value $key/$patch
+          echo applying in $value: $patch
+          git apply -p1 --directory=$value --exclude='src/third_party/blink/web_tests/*' $key/$patch
         done
       done
     )
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/electron-26-remove-web_tests-patch.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/electron-26-remove-web_tests-patch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f3dfce6f4144..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/electron-26-remove-web_tests-patch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/electron/patches/chromium/cherry-pick-80106e31c7ea.patch b/electron/patches/chromium/cherry-pick-80106e31c7ea.patch
-index 3f8ae7d1b2..af8859a1a5 100644
---- a/electron/patches/chromium/cherry-pick-80106e31c7ea.patch
-+++ b/electron/patches/chromium/cherry-pick-80106e31c7ea.patch
-@@ -361,68 +361,3 @@ index 3d562fa22bd84dc438abfe9fa883eff6f5846b1b..c64c7fb1b15f7f523b37671abca2ab50
-    auto* resolver = MakeGarbageCollected<ScriptPromiseResolver>(
-        script_state, exception_state.GetContext());
-    ScriptPromise promise = resolver->Promise();
--diff --git a/third_party/blink/web_tests/external/wpt/webusb/usbDevice.https.any.js b/third_party/blink/web_tests/external/wpt/webusb/usbDevice.https.any.js
--index b1b0c133ce160a314ea392514ac5b38e4cac136d..804af2afb9db3a0d5fafbeb26aed64f89badb1b3 100644
----- a/third_party/blink/web_tests/external/wpt/webusb/usbDevice.https.any.js
--+++ b/third_party/blink/web_tests/external/wpt/webusb/usbDevice.https.any.js
--@@ -1247,3 +1247,60 @@ usb_test((t) => {
--         .then(() => promise_rejects_dom(t, 'NotFoundError', device.reset()));
--   });
-- }, 'resetDevice rejects when called on a disconnected device');
--+
--+usb_test(async (t) => {
--+  const PACKET_COUNT = 4;
--+  const PACKET_LENGTH = 8;
--+  const {device, fakeDevice} = await getFakeDevice();
--+  await device.open();
--+  await device.selectConfiguration(2);
--+  await device.claimInterface(0);
--+  await device.selectAlternateInterface(0, 1);
--+  const buffer = new Uint8Array(PACKET_COUNT * PACKET_LENGTH);
--+  const packetLengths = new Array(PACKET_COUNT).fill(PACKET_LENGTH);
--+  packetLengths[0] = PACKET_LENGTH - 1;
--+  await promise_rejects_dom(
--+      t, 'DataError', device.isochronousTransferOut(1, buffer, packetLengths));
--+}, 'isochronousTransferOut rejects when buffer size exceeds packet lengths');
--+
--+usb_test(async (t) => {
--+  const PACKET_COUNT = 4;
--+  const PACKET_LENGTH = 8;
--+  const {device, fakeDevice} = await getFakeDevice();
--+  await device.open();
--+  await device.selectConfiguration(2);
--+  await device.claimInterface(0);
--+  await device.selectAlternateInterface(0, 1);
--+  const buffer = new Uint8Array(PACKET_COUNT * PACKET_LENGTH);
--+  const packetLengths = new Array(PACKET_COUNT).fill(PACKET_LENGTH);
--+  packetLengths[0] = PACKET_LENGTH + 1;
--+  await promise_rejects_dom(
--+      t, 'DataError', device.isochronousTransferOut(1, buffer, packetLengths));
--+}, 'isochronousTransferOut rejects when packet lengths exceed buffer size');
--+
--+usb_test(async (t) => {
--+  const PACKET_COUNT = 2;
--+  const PACKET_LENGTH = 8;
--+  const {device, fakeDevice} = await getFakeDevice();
--+  await device.open();
--+  await device.selectConfiguration(2);
--+  await device.claimInterface(0);
--+  await device.selectAlternateInterface(0, 1);
--+  const packetLengths = [0xffffffff, 1];
--+  await promise_rejects_dom(
--+      t, 'DataError', device.isochronousTransferIn(1, packetLengths));
--+}, 'isochronousTransferIn rejects when packet lengths exceed maximum size');
--+
--+usb_test(async (t) => {
--+  const PACKET_COUNT = 2;
--+  const PACKET_LENGTH = 8;
--+  const {device, fakeDevice} = await getFakeDevice();
--+  await device.open();
--+  await device.selectConfiguration(2);
--+  await device.claimInterface(0);
--+  await device.selectAlternateInterface(0, 1);
--+  const buffer = new Uint8Array(PACKET_LENGTH * PACKET_COUNT);
--+  const packetLengths = [0xffffffff, 1];
--+  await promise_rejects_dom(
--+      t, 'DataError', device.isochronousTransferOut(1, buffer, packetLengths));
--+}, 'isochronousTransferOut rejects when packet lengths exceed maximum size');