diff --git a/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch2.py b/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch2.py
index 9480bc1..f4405da 100755
--- a/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch2.py
+++ b/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch2.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ApplyPatch:
         """Download and apply a diff to the local working copy."""
         print('Applying diff {} for revision {}...'.format(diff_id, diff_to_str(revision_id)))
         diff = self.phab.differential.getrawdiff(diffID=diff_id).response
-        proc = subprocess.run('git apply', input=diff, shell=True, text=True,
+        proc = subprocess.run('patch -p1', input=diff, shell=True, text=True,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         if proc.returncode != 0:
             raise Exception('Applying patch failed:\n{}'.format(proc.stdout + proc.stderr))