diff --git a/r.patch b/r.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e3f80d539..000000000
--- a/r.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
-index c06bf529..3a7f27b8 100755
---- a/scripts/release.py
-+++ b/scripts/release.py
-@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ proj_list = [ "lv_sim_eclipse_sdl"]
- ver_major = -1
- ver_minor = -1
- ver_patch = -1
-+dev_ver_major = -1
-+dev_ver_minor = -1
-+dev_ver_patch = -1
- 
- ver_str = ""
- dev_ver_str = ""
-@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@ def publish_master():
-     #Merge LVGL master to dev first to avoid "merge-to-dev.yml" running asynchronous
-     os.chdir("./lvgl")
-     cmd("git checkout dev")
--    cmd("git merge master -X theirs")
-+    cmd("git merge master -X ours")     # Use ours to keep the version numbers
-     cmd("git add .")
-     cmd("git commit -am 'Merge master'", False)
-     cmd("git push origin dev")
-@@ -473,6 +476,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
-         exit(1)
-      
-     clone_repos()
-+    get_lvgl_version("dev")
-+    dev_ver_major = ver_major
-+    dev_ver_minor = ver_minor
-+    dev_ver_patch = ver_patch
-+    
-     get_lvgl_version("master")
-     lvgl_prepare()
-     lv_examples_prepare() 
-@@ -483,16 +491,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
-     update_release_branches()
-     publish_master()
-  
-+    projs_update()    
-+    
-     if dev_prepare == 'bugfix': 
-         ver_patch = str(int(ver_patch) + 1)
--        ver_str = "v" + ver_major + "." + ver_minor + "." + ver_patch + "-dev"    
-+        ver_str = "v" + str(ver_major) + "." + str(ver_minor) + "." + str(ver_patch) + "-dev"    
- 
-         print("Prepare bugfix version " + ver_str)
- 
-         lvgl_update_master_version()
-         docs_update_latest_version()
- 
--        get_lvgl_version("dev")
-         dev_ver_str = "v" + ver_major + "." + ver_minor + "." + ver_patch + "-dev"
-         merge_to_dev()
-         
-@@ -520,6 +529,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
-         docs_update_dev_version()
-         publish_dev_and_master()
-         
--    projs_update()    
-     cleanup()
-