diff --git a/Ports/kiesel/package.sh b/Ports/kiesel/package.sh
index 135d0ae7ea0..9c5a1d0d0ab 100755
--- a/Ports/kiesel/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/kiesel/package.sh
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 source ../zig/libc.sh
 
-zig_version='0.17.0'
+zig_version='0.17.1'
 
 port='kiesel'
 version='0.4.1'
 workdir='kiesel'
 files=(
     "https://codeberg.org/kiesel-js/kiesel/archive/${version}.tar.gz#a21430c087ff0089dc52de038e5124fbac8e981ddb11d98c1e205e70e5acf4c4"
-    "https://ziglang.org/download/${zig_version}/zig-${zig_version}.tar.xz#b6c7f1728f043700d6529bac980800792f824256a9d2f1839b3d62beed0b8abd"
+    "https://ziglang.org/download/${zig_version}/zig-${zig_version}.tar.xz#1e89bf06610b769a8c77676c6c8d54b093a0db60f4891f2f91014829012f0e24"
 )
 useconfigure='true'
 launcher_name='Kiesel'
@@ -52,66 +52,20 @@ configure() {
 
 build() {
     local zig_dir="${PORT_BUILD_DIR}/zig-${zig_version}"
-    local emit_dir="${PORT_BUILD_DIR}/emit-c"
-    local libregexp_dir="zig-pkg/N-V-__8AANeKMgAJMmyOafYQo7YrC99SZlSbL6khjXSwI6Nd"
-    local bdwgc_dir="zig-pkg/bdwgc-8.3.0-8obE-M8rMAALvGehRlqR0N4PeYIhmqxzjdj0_5nfCJJ5"
 
-    run zig build --fetch=all
-
-    # Zig 0.17.0 passes an invalid bare `__serenity__` argument without `-D` to
-    # the C compiler (will be fixed in 0.17.1), so we use the C backend and
-    # build with the toolchain. Rust does not know about serenity so we don't
-    # even attempt building with Intl/Temporal.
+    # Rust does not know about serenity so we don't even attempt
+    # building with Intl/Temporal.
     run zig build \
         --zig-lib="${zig_dir}/lib" \
-        --prefix "${emit_dir}" \
+        --prefix "${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local" \
         --libc "${PORT_BUILD_DIR}/libc.txt" \
         -Doptimize=fast \
         -Dtarget="${SERENITY_ARCH}-serenity-none" \
         -Dversion-string="${version}" \
         -Denable-intl=false \
         -Denable-temporal=false
-
-
-    run "${CC}" -std=gnu17 -I "${zig_dir}/lib" \
-        -c "${emit_dir}/kiesel.c" \
-        -o kiesel.o
-
-    run "${CC}" -std=gnu17 -I "${libregexp_dir}" -r \
-        "${libregexp_dir}/cutils.c" \
-        "${libregexp_dir}/libregexp.c" \
-        "${libregexp_dir}/libunicode.c" \
-        -o libregexp.o
-
-    run "${CC}" -std=gnu17 -I "${bdwgc_dir}/include" \
-        -DALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS \
-        -DNO_EXECUTE_PERMISSION \
-        -DGC_THREADS \
-        -DPARALLEL_MARK \
-        -DTHREAD_LOCAL_ALLOC \
-        -DGC_BUILTIN_ATOMIC \
-        -D_REENTRANT \
-        -DHANDLE_FORK \
-        -DENABLE_DISCLAIM \
-        -DDYNAMIC_POINTER_MASK \
-        -DGC_ATOMIC_UNCOLLECTABLE \
-        -DNO_DEBUGGING \
-        -DNDEBUG \
-        -DUSE_MMAP \
-        -DUSE_MUNMAP \
-        -DLARGE_CONFIG \
-        -DGC_NOT_DLL \
-        -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H \
-        -DHAVE_UNISTD_H \
-        -DNO_MSGBOX_ON_ERROR \
-        -DNO_GETENV \
-        -c "${bdwgc_dir}/extra/gc.c" \
-        -o libgc.o
-
-    run "${CC}" kiesel.o libregexp.o libgc.o -o kiesel
 }
 
 install() {
-    run mkdir -p "${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/bin"
-    run cp kiesel "${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/bin/"
+    :
 }
diff --git a/Ports/kiesel/patches/0001-Use-the-Zig-C-backend-for-Serenity.patch b/Ports/kiesel/patches/0001-Use-the-Zig-C-backend-for-Serenity.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0278131960c..00000000000
--- a/Ports/kiesel/patches/0001-Use-the-Zig-C-backend-for-Serenity.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,306 +0,0 @@
-From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Linus Groh <mail@linusgroh.de>
-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:29:22 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Use the Zig C backend for Serenity
-
----
- build.zig          |  39 ++------
- src/bdwgc_stub.zig | 215 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- 2 files changed, 224 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 src/bdwgc_stub.zig
-
-diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
-index 137ebdc05a00b7dcb2ffe100a4dff86eaee86a27..0ab2d09ad497ce94c4a17c71a0cd255fd919bb3b 100644
---- a/build.zig
-+++ b/build.zig
-@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ const manifest = @import("build.zig.zon");
- const kiesel_version = std.SemanticVersion.parse(manifest.version) catch unreachable;
- 
- pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
--    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
-+    var target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
-     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
-+    target.query.ofmt = .c;
-+    target = b.resolveTargetQuery(target.query);
- 
-     // Stop people from trying to build with an outdated Zig compiler
-     if (builtin.zig_version.order(.{ .major = 0, .minor = 17, .patch = 0, .pre = "dev" }) == .lt) {
-@@ -58,8 +60,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
-     ) orelse true;
- 
-     const strip = b.option(bool, "strip", "Strip debug symbols") orelse (optimize != .debug);
--    // Defaults to true for now as the self-hosted backend in 0.17 fails with a linker error.
--    const use_llvm = b.option(bool, "use-llvm", "Use the LLVM backend") orelse true;
-+    const use_llvm = b.option(bool, "use-llvm", "Use the LLVM backend") orelse false;
-     const maybe_version_string = b.option([]const u8, "version-string", "Version string, read from git by default");
- 
-     // https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/src/commit/9787df9421ad9d3fcb08cc7b394656542b16cfae/build.zig#L254-L309
-@@ -160,33 +161,11 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
-     }
- 
-     if (enable_libgc) {
--        const cflags_extra: []const u8 = blk: {
--            var cflags: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .empty;
--            defer cflags.deinit(b.allocator);
--            try cflags.append(b.allocator, "-DNO_MSGBOX_ON_ERROR");
--            if (optimize != .debug) {
--                try cflags.append(b.allocator, "-DNO_GETENV");
--            }
--            // bdwgc references `__data_start` when targeting OpenBSD, but only their patched
--            // ld/lld ports provide it. See: https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/32004
--            if (target.result.os.tag == .openbsd) {
--                try cflags.append(b.allocator, "-DSEARCH_FOR_DATA_START");
--            }
--            break :blk try std.mem.join(b.allocator, " ", cflags.items);
--        };
--        if (b.lazyDependency("bdwgc_zig", .{
-+        kiesel.addImport("bdwgc", b.createModule(.{
-+            .root_source_file = b.path("src/bdwgc_stub.zig"),
-             .target = target,
-             .optimize = optimize,
--            .linkage = .static,
--            .CFLAGS_EXTRA = cflags_extra,
--            .enable_gcj_support = false,
--            .enable_java_finalization = false,
--            .enable_large_config = true,
--            .enable_gc_dump = false,
--            .enable_dynamic_pointer_mask = enable_nan_boxing,
--        })) |bdwgc| {
--            kiesel.addImport("bdwgc", bdwgc.module("bdwgc"));
--        }
-+        }));
-     }
- 
-     if (enable_libregexp) {
-@@ -268,8 +247,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
-         .use_llvm = use_llvm,
-     });
- 
--    const install_exe = b.addInstallArtifact(exe, .{});
--    b.getInstallStep().dependOn(&install_exe.step);
-+    const install_c = b.addInstallFile(exe.getEmittedBin(), "kiesel.c");
-+    b.getInstallStep().dependOn(&install_c.step);
- 
-     const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
-     run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
-diff --git a/src/bdwgc_stub.zig b/src/bdwgc_stub.zig
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26d7d0b392d1983d4c74a0595bc94ee18bbe9006
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/src/bdwgc_stub.zig
-@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
-+const std = @import("std");
-+
-+extern fn GC_init() void;
-+extern fn GC_is_init_called() c_int;
-+extern fn GC_disable() void;
-+extern fn GC_gcollect() void;
-+extern fn GC_size(obj: *const anyopaque) usize;
-+extern fn GC_start_mark_threads() void;
-+extern fn GC_set_pointer_mask(mask: usize) void;
-+extern fn GC_malloc(size: usize) ?*anyopaque;
-+extern fn GC_malloc_atomic(size: usize) ?*anyopaque;
-+extern fn GC_realloc(old: ?*anyopaque, size: usize) ?*anyopaque;
-+extern fn GC_free(obj: ?*anyopaque) void;
-+extern fn GC_set_warn_proc(proc: *const fn ([*:0]const u8, usize) callconv(.c) void) void;
-+extern fn GC_register_finalizer(
-+    object: *anyopaque,
-+    finalizer: ?Finalizer,
-+    data: ?*anyopaque,
-+    old_finalizer: *?Finalizer,
-+    old_data: *?*anyopaque,
-+) void;
-+extern fn GC_general_register_disappearing_link(link: *?*anyopaque, object: *const anyopaque) c_int;
-+
-+const GC_SUCCESS = 0;
-+const GC_DUPLICATE = 1;
-+const GC_NO_MEMORY = 2;
-+const GC_UNIMPLEMENTED = 3;
-+
-+pub const Finalizer = *const fn (object: *anyopaque, data: ?*anyopaque) callconv(.c) void;
-+
-+pub const FinalizerAndData = struct {
-+    finalizer: Finalizer,
-+    data: ?*anyopaque,
-+};
-+
-+const Options = struct {
-+    atomic: bool,
-+};
-+
-+pub const allocator: std.mem.Allocator = .{
-+    .ptr = blk: {
-+        const options: Options = .{ .atomic = false };
-+        break :blk @constCast(&options);
-+    },
-+    .vtable = &vtable,
-+};
-+
-+pub const allocator_atomic: std.mem.Allocator = .{
-+    .ptr = blk: {
-+        const options: Options = .{ .atomic = true };
-+        break :blk @constCast(&options);
-+    },
-+    .vtable = &vtable,
-+};
-+
-+fn ignoreWarnProc(_: [*:0]const u8, _: usize) callconv(.c) void {}
-+
-+pub fn init() void {
-+    GC_init();
-+}
-+
-+pub fn isInitCalled() bool {
-+    return GC_is_init_called() != 0;
-+}
-+
-+pub fn disableWarnings() void {
-+    GC_set_warn_proc(ignoreWarnProc);
-+}
-+
-+pub fn size(ptr: *const anyopaque) usize {
-+    return GC_size(ptr);
-+}
-+
-+pub fn gcollect() void {
-+    GC_gcollect();
-+}
-+
-+pub fn disable() void {
-+    GC_disable();
-+}
-+
-+pub fn startMarkThreads() void {
-+    GC_start_mark_threads();
-+}
-+
-+pub fn setPointerMask(value: usize) void {
-+    GC_set_pointer_mask(value);
-+}
-+
-+pub fn registerFinalizer(
-+    object: *anyopaque,
-+    finalizer: Finalizer,
-+    data: ?*anyopaque,
-+) ?FinalizerAndData {
-+    var old_finalizer: ?Finalizer = null;
-+    var old_data: ?*anyopaque = null;
-+    GC_register_finalizer(object, finalizer, data, &old_finalizer, &old_data);
-+    if (old_finalizer) |f| {
-+        return .{ .finalizer = f, .data = old_data };
-+    }
-+    return null;
-+}
-+
-+pub const RegisterDisappearingLinkError = error{ OutOfMemory, DuplicateLink };
-+
-+pub fn registerDisappearingLink(
-+    link: *?*anyopaque,
-+    object: *const anyopaque,
-+) RegisterDisappearingLinkError!void {
-+    switch (GC_general_register_disappearing_link(link, object)) {
-+        GC_SUCCESS, GC_UNIMPLEMENTED => {},
-+        GC_DUPLICATE => return error.DuplicateLink,
-+        GC_NO_MEMORY => return error.OutOfMemory,
-+        else => unreachable,
-+    }
-+}
-+
-+const vtable: std.mem.Allocator.VTable = .{
-+    .alloc = alloc,
-+    .resize = resize,
-+    .remap = remap,
-+    .free = free,
-+};
-+
-+fn allocStrat(need_align: std.mem.Alignment) union(enum) {
-+    raw,
-+    manual_align,
-+} {
-+    if (std.mem.Alignment.compare(need_align, .lte, .of(std.c.max_align_t))) {
-+        return .raw;
-+    }
-+    return .manual_align;
-+}
-+
-+fn manualAlignHeader(aligned_ptr: [*]u8) *[*]u8 {
-+    return @ptrCast(@alignCast(aligned_ptr - @sizeOf(usize)));
-+}
-+
-+fn alloc(
-+    ctx: *anyopaque,
-+    len: usize,
-+    alignment: std.mem.Alignment,
-+    return_address: usize,
-+) ?[*]u8 {
-+    _ = return_address;
-+    std.debug.assert(len > 0);
-+    const options: *const Options = @ptrCast(ctx);
-+    const malloc = if (options.atomic) &GC_malloc_atomic else &GC_malloc;
-+    switch (allocStrat(alignment)) {
-+        .raw => {
-+            const actual_len = @max(len, @alignOf(std.c.max_align_t));
-+            const ptr = malloc(actual_len) orelse return null;
-+            std.debug.assert(alignment.check(@intFromPtr(ptr)));
-+            return @ptrCast(ptr);
-+        },
-+        .manual_align => {
-+            const padded_len = len + @sizeOf(usize) + alignment.toByteUnits() - 1;
-+            const unaligned_ptr: [*]u8 = @ptrCast(malloc(padded_len) orelse return null);
-+            const unaligned_addr = @intFromPtr(unaligned_ptr);
-+            const aligned_addr = alignment.forward(unaligned_addr + @sizeOf(usize));
-+            const aligned_ptr = unaligned_ptr + (aligned_addr - unaligned_addr);
-+            manualAlignHeader(aligned_ptr).* = unaligned_ptr;
-+            return aligned_ptr;
-+        },
-+    }
-+}
-+
-+fn resize(
-+    _: *anyopaque,
-+    memory: []u8,
-+    _: std.mem.Alignment,
-+    new_len: usize,
-+    return_address: usize,
-+) bool {
-+    _ = return_address;
-+    std.debug.assert(new_len > 0);
-+    return new_len <= memory.len;
-+}
-+
-+fn remap(
-+    ctx: *anyopaque,
-+    memory: []u8,
-+    alignment: std.mem.Alignment,
-+    new_len: usize,
-+    return_address: usize,
-+) ?[*]u8 {
-+    std.debug.assert(new_len > 0);
-+    if (resize(ctx, memory, alignment, new_len, return_address)) {
-+        return memory.ptr;
-+    }
-+    switch (allocStrat(alignment)) {
-+        .raw => {
-+            const actual_len = @max(new_len, @alignOf(std.c.max_align_t));
-+            const new_ptr = GC_realloc(memory.ptr, actual_len) orelse return null;
-+            std.debug.assert(alignment.check(@intFromPtr(new_ptr)));
-+            return @ptrCast(new_ptr);
-+        },
-+        .manual_align => {
-+            return null;
-+        },
-+    }
-+}
-+
-+fn free(
-+    _: *anyopaque,
-+    memory: []u8,
-+    alignment: std.mem.Alignment,
-+    return_address: usize,
-+) void {
-+    _ = return_address;
-+    switch (allocStrat(alignment)) {
-+        .raw => GC_free(memory.ptr),
-+        .manual_align => GC_free(manualAlignHeader(memory.ptr).*),
-+    }
-+}
diff --git a/Ports/kiesel/patches/ReadMe.md b/Ports/kiesel/patches/ReadMe.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 814e349a32a..00000000000
--- a/Ports/kiesel/patches/ReadMe.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Patches for kiesel on SerenityOS
-
-## `0001-Use-the-Zig-C-backend-for-Serenity.patch`
-
-Use the Zig C backend for Serenity
-
-