diff --git a/ports/pdal-c/CONTROL b/ports/pdal-c/CONTROL
index 8dcde3f5b..2a52378b5 100644
--- a/ports/pdal-c/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/pdal-c/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: pdal-c
-Version: 1.8
+Version: 1.8-1
 Description:  C API for the Point Data Abstraction Library (PDAL)
 Build-Depends: pdal
diff --git a/ports/pdal-c/portfile.cmake b/ports/pdal-c/portfile.cmake
index 4e1a51b72..8a478c547 100644
--- a/ports/pdal-c/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/pdal-c/portfile.cmake
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
 	REF 1.8
 	SHA512 6a5f4cb3d36b419f3cd195028c3e6dc17abf3cdb7495aa3df638bc1f842ba98243c73e051e9cfcd3afe22787309cb871374b152ded92e6e06f404cd7b1ae50bf
 	HEAD_REF master
-)
-
-vcpkg_apply_patches(
-	SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
 	PATCHES
 		${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/fix-docs-version.patch
 		${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/preserve-install-dir.patch