diff --git a/packages/mfem/pachage.py b/packages/mfem/pachage.py
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--- a/packages/mfem/pachage.py
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-# Copyright 2013-2024 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
-# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
-
-
-from spack.package import *
-from spack.pkg.builtin.mfem import Mfem as SpackMfem
-
-
-class Mfem(SpackMfem):
-
-    patch(mfem_conduit_spack.patch)