diff --git a/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch.py b/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch.py
index f17c957..de9b80b 100755
--- a/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch.py
+++ b/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch.py
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ def _apply_patch(diff_id: str, conduit_token: str, host: str):
     cmd = 'arc  patch --nobranch --no-ansi --diff "{}" --nocommit '\
             '--conduit-token "{}" --conduit-uri "{}"'.format(
         diff_id, conduit_token, host )
-    result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, 
-                            shell=True, text=True)
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, shell=True, text=True)
     if result.returncode != 0:      
         print('ERROR: arc patch failed with error code {} and message:'.format(result.returncode))
         print(result.stdout + result.stderr)