diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e88f177c6..162b50448e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
     "moment": "^2.20.1",
     "vfile-message": "^2.0.2",
     "isemail@3.2.0": "patch:isemail@npm:3.2.0#./patches/isemail-npm-3.2.0-browserified.patch",
-    "react-codemirror2@7.2.1": "patch:react-codemirror2@npm:7.2.1#./patches/react-codemirror2-npm-7.2.1-browserified.patch",
-    "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine@^16.0.0": "patch:@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine@npm:16.0.0#./patches/@ckeditor-ckeditor5-engine-npm-16.0.0-placeholder.patch"
+    "react-codemirror2@7.2.1": "patch:react-codemirror2@npm:7.2.1#./patches/react-codemirror2-npm-7.2.1-browserified.patch"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "tsc --noemit && stylelint 'packages/*/src/**/*.css' && yarn eslint 'packages/*/src/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}'",
diff --git a/patches/@ckeditor-ckeditor5-engine-npm-16.0.0-placeholder.patch b/patches/@ckeditor-ckeditor5-engine-npm-16.0.0-placeholder.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ccf8c1751b..0000000000
--- a/patches/@ckeditor-ckeditor5-engine-npm-16.0.0-placeholder.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/view/placeholder.js b/src/view/placeholder.js
-index ec83640d4f7d12d8278c921a3c641917543ca859..09e96933b392f38d079ac3126ead49690e408228 100755
---- a/src/view/placeholder.js
-+++ b/src/view/placeholder.js
-@@ -155,16 +155,7 @@ export function needsPlaceholder( element ) {
- 	const isEmptyish = !Array.from( element.getChildren() )
- 		.some( element => !element.is( 'uiElement' ) );
-
--	// If the element is empty and the document is blurred.
--	if ( !doc.isFocused && isEmptyish ) {
--		return true;
--	}
--
--	const viewSelection = doc.selection;
--	const selectionAnchor = viewSelection.anchor;
--
--	// If document is focused and the element is empty but the selection is not anchored inside it.
--	if ( isEmptyish && selectionAnchor && selectionAnchor.parent !== element ) {
-+	if ( isEmptyish ) {
- 		return true;
- 	}
-