diff --git a/snap/1162-runtime.patch b/snap/1162-runtime.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index be87ee7051..0000000000
--- a/snap/1162-runtime.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 1c11f74..9c4709b 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ ifeq (,$(findstring $(DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR),$(KNOWN_HYPERVISORS)))
- endif
-
- ifeq ($(DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR),$(HYPERVISOR_QEMU))
--    DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR_CONFIG_PATH = $(CONFIG_PATH_QEMU)
-+    DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR_CONFIG_FILE = $(CONFIG_FILE_QEMU)
- endif
-
- ifeq ($(DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR),$(HYPERVISOR_FC))
--    DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR_CONFIG_PATH = $(CONFIG_PATH_FC)
-+    DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR_CONFIG_FILE = $(CONFIG_FILE_FC)
- endif
-
- CONFDIR := $(DEFAULTSDIR)/$(PROJECT_DIR)
-@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ install-bin-libexec: $(BINLIBEXECLIST)
-
- install-configs: $(CONFIGS)
- 	$(QUIET_INST)$(foreach f,$(CONFIGS),$(call INSTALL_CONFIG,$f,$(dir $(CONFIG_PATH))))
--	$(QUIET_INST)ln -sf $(DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR_CONFIG_PATH) $(CONFIG_PATH)
-+	$(QUIET_INST)(cd $(dir $(DESTDIR)/$(CONFIG_PATH)) && ln -sf $(DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR_CONFIG_FILE) $(CONFIG_FILE))
-
- install-scripts: $(SCRIPTS)
- 	$(QUIET_INST)$(foreach f,$(SCRIPTS),$(call INSTALL_EXEC,$f,$(SCRIPTS_DIR)))
diff --git a/snap/1185-runtime.patch b/snap/1185-runtime.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a256ed107b..0000000000
--- a/snap/1185-runtime.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/cli/main.go b/cli/main.go
-index a01a02dc5..a021a0a77 100644
---- a/cli/main.go
-+++ b/cli/main.go
-@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ func beforeSubcommands(c *cli.Context) error {
- 	var runtimeConfig oci.RuntimeConfig
- 	var err error
-
-+	katautils.SetConfigOptions(name, defaultRuntimeConfiguration, defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration)
-+
- 	handleShowConfig(c)
-
- 	if userWantsUsage(c) || (c.NArg() == 1 && (c.Args()[0] == checkCmd)) {
-@@ -302,8 +304,6 @@ func beforeSubcommands(c *cli.Context) error {
- 		ignoreLogging = true
- 	}
-
--	katautils.SetConfigOptions(name, defaultRuntimeConfiguration, defaultSysConfRuntimeConfiguration)
--
- 	configFile, runtimeConfig, err = katautils.LoadConfiguration(c.GlobalString(configFilePathOption), ignoreLogging, false)
- 	if err != nil {
- 		fatal(err)
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index fb24768cc1..46c4b6b3cb 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: kata-containers
-version: "1.5.0"
+version: "1.5.1"
 summary: Build lightweight VMs that seamlessly plug into the containers ecosystem
 description: |
   Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ parts:
     build-attributes: [no-patchelf]
     override-build: |
       pkg_name=runtime
-      patch1="$(realpath ../../../snap/1162-runtime.patch)"
-      patch2="$(realpath ../../../snap/1185-runtime.patch)"
 
       # set GOPATH
       export GOPATH=$(realpath go)
@@ -48,11 +46,6 @@ parts:
       git clone -b ${SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_VERSION} https://github.com/kata-containers/${pkg_name} ${pkg_gopath}
       cd ${pkg_gopath}
 
-      #Issue: https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/1162
-      patch -p1 < "${patch1}"
-      #Issue: https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/1185
-      patch -p1 < "${patch2}"
-
       # build and install
       make \
         PREFIX=/snap/${SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME}/current/usr \