diff --git a/core/ipyflow/patches/__init__.py b/core/ipyflow/patches/__init__.py
index 32ba4bef..065ceec3 100644
--- a/core/ipyflow/patches/__init__.py
+++ b/core/ipyflow/patches/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from ipyflow.patches.cloudpickle_patch import patch_cloudpickle_function_reduce
 from ipyflow.patches.pyspark_patch import patch_pyspark_udf
-from ipyflow.singletons import flow
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -26,15 +25,13 @@
 def apply_patches(modname: str, module: ModuleType) -> None:
     if modname in _patched_modules:
         return
-    flow_ = flow()
     for predicate, patch in _predicate_patch_pairs:
         try:
             if predicate(modname):
                 patch(module)
                 _patched_modules.add(modname)
         except Exception:  # noqa
-            if flow_.is_dev_mode:
-                logger.exception("Failed to apply patch to module %s", modname)
+            logger.exception("Failed to apply patch to module %s", modname)
 
 
 def patch_all() -> None: