diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fe3bc4bb6b7..0b61bd79c0f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ end
 group :scheduler, :manageiq_default do
   gem "rufus-scheduler"
 end
-# rufus has et-orbi dependency
-# this is temporary inclusion till we can get ConvertTimeToEoTime patch into upstream:
-gem "et-orbi"
 
 group :seed, :manageiq_default do
   manageiq_plugin "manageiq-content"
diff --git a/config/initializers/convert_time_to_eo.rb b/config/initializers/convert_time_to_eo.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d0f9f10471..00000000000
--- a/config/initializers/convert_time_to_eo.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# temporary hack for when/if we can get patch accepted upscream
-# et-orbi doesn't support comparisons of EoTime in the scheduler with user provided Time objects
-# see https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq/pull/19153#issuecomment-521719495
-module ConvertTimeToEoTime
-  def ==(*args)
-    o = EtOrbi.make_time(args.first) if args.first.kind_of?(Time) || args.first.kind_of?(DateTime)
-    super(o)
-  end
-end
-
-require 'et-orbi'
-EtOrbi::EoTime.prepend(ConvertTimeToEoTime)