diff --git a/patch.bat b/patch.bat
index 7f4d49efd..0528f5df7 100644
--- a/patch.bat
+++ b/patch.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 @echo off
-powershell .\patch.ps1
+python patch.py
diff --git a/patch.ps1 b/patch.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 799ecb21a..000000000
--- a/patch.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-Param (
-    [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
-    [string]$message
-)
-
-# This script will:
-# - read current version
-# - increment patch version
-# - update version in a few places
-# - insert new line in ripme.json with $message
-
-$ripmeJson = (Get-Content "ripme.json") -join "`n" | ConvertFrom-Json
-$currentVersion = $ripmeJson.latestVersion
-
-Write-Output (("Current version", $currentVersion) -join ' ')
-
-$versionFields = $currentVersion.split('.')
-$patchCurr = [int]($versionFields[2])
-$patchNext = $patchCurr + 1
-$majorMinor = $versionFields[0..1]
-$majorMinorPatch = $majorMinor + $patchNext
-$nextVersion = $majorMinorPatch -join '.'
-
-Write-Output (("Updating to", $nextVersion) -join ' ')
-
-$substExpr = "s/${currentVersion}/${nextVersion}/"
-sed src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java -i -e "${substExpr}"
-git grep "DEFAULT_VERSION.*${nextVersion}" src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
-
-$substExpr = "s/\`"latestVersion\`" : \`"${currentVersion}\`"/\`"latestVersion\`" : \`"${nextVersion}\`"/"
-sed ripme.json -i -e "${substExpr}"
-git grep "latestVersion" ripme.json
-
-$substExpr = "s/<version>${currentVersion}/<version>${nextVersion}/"
-sed pom.xml -i -e "${substExpr}"
-git grep "<version>${nextVersion}" pom.xml
-
-$commitMessage = "${nextVersion}: ${message}"
-
-$ripmeJsonLines = Get-Content "ripme.json"
-$ripmeJsonHead = $ripmeJsonLines[0..2]
-$ripmeJsonRest = $ripmeJsonLines[3..$ripmeJsonLines.length]
-$changelogLine = "    `"${commitMessage}`","
-$updatedLines = $ripmeJsonHead + $changelogLine + $ripmeJsonRest + ""
-$outputContent = $updatedLines -join "`n"
-
-$outputPath = (Resolve-Path .\ripme.json).Path
-$Utf8NoBomEncoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding $False
-[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($outputPath, $outputContent, $Utf8NoBomEncoding)
-
-git add -u
-git commit -m $commitMessage
-git tag $nextVersion