diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 09ff2661..1aead589 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ go_deps_dev.module_override(
     patches = ["@com_github_buildbarn_bb_storage//:patches/com_github_grpc_ecosystem_go_grpc_prometheus/client-metrics-prevent-handled-twice.diff"],
     path = "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus",
 )
-go_deps_dev.module_override(
-    patches = ["//:patches/com_github_hanwen_go_fuse_v2/writeback-cache.diff"],
-    path = "github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2",
-)
 go_deps_dev.module_override(
     patches = ["@com_github_buildbarn_bb_storage//:patches/org_golang_x_lint/generic.diff"],
     path = "golang.org/x/lint",
diff --git a/patches/com_github_hanwen_go_fuse_v2/writeback-cache.diff b/patches/com_github_hanwen_go_fuse_v2/writeback-cache.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a29f989..00000000
--- a/patches/com_github_hanwen_go_fuse_v2/writeback-cache.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-diff --git fuse/api.go fuse/api.go
-index 4659a5b..42e1142 100644
---- fuse/api.go
-+++ fuse/api.go
-@@ -301,6 +301,13 @@ type MountOptions struct {
- 	// for more details.
- 	SyncRead bool
- 
-+	// Let the kernel use the writeback cache mode, as opposed to
-+	// write-through mode.
-+	//
-+	// See the following page for more details:
-+	// https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/fuse-io.txt
-+	EnableWritebackCache bool
-+
- 	// DirectMount, if set, makes go-fuse first attempt to use syscall.Mount instead of
- 	// fusermount to mount the filesystem. This will not update /etc/mtab
- 	// but might be needed if fusermount is not available.
-diff --git fuse/opcode.go fuse/opcode.go
-index 98bf8a9..e1c4128 100644
---- fuse/opcode.go
-+++ fuse/opcode.go
-@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ func doInit(server *protocolServer, req *request) {
- 	if server.opts.EnableSymlinkCaching {
- 		kernelFlags |= CAP_CACHE_SYMLINKS
- 	}
-+	if server.opts.EnableWritebackCache {
-+		server.kernelSettings.Flags |= CAP_WRITEBACK_CACHE
-+	}
- 	if server.opts.EnableAcl {
- 		kernelFlags |= CAP_POSIX_ACL
- 	}
diff --git a/pkg/filesystem/virtual/configuration/fuse_mount_enabled.go b/pkg/filesystem/virtual/configuration/fuse_mount_enabled.go
index ceebaf87..2a0d4aa9 100644
--- a/pkg/filesystem/virtual/configuration/fuse_mount_enabled.go
+++ b/pkg/filesystem/virtual/configuration/fuse_mount_enabled.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (m *fuseMount) Expose(terminationGroup program.Group, rootDirectory virtual
 		// writes. This means data is only guaranteed to
 		// make it into the virtual file system after
 		// calling close()/fsync()/munmap()/msync().
-		EnableWritebackCache: true,
+		ExtraCapabilities: go_fuse.CAP_WRITEBACK_CACHE,
 		// Cap the FUSE asynchronous request queue. When zero,
 		// go-fuse falls back to its default of 12.
 		MaxBackground: int(m.configuration.MaximumBackgroundTasks),