diff --git a/www/gitlab-ce/files/patch-config_initializers_google__api__client__patch.rb b/www/gitlab-ce/files/patch-config_initializers_google__api__client__patch.rb
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+--- config/initializers/google_api_client_patch.rb.orig	2022-03-09 09:41:27 UTC
++++ config/initializers/google_api_client_patch.rb
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ 
+ require 'google/apis/core/http_command'
+ 
+-raise 'This patch is only tested with google-api-client-ruby v0.50.0' unless Google::Apis::VERSION == "0.50.0"
++#raise 'This patch is only tested with google-api-client-ruby v0.50.0' unless Google::Apis::VERSION == "0.50.0"
+ 
+ # The google-api-ruby-client does not have a way to increase or disable
+ # the maximum allowed time for a request to be retried. By default, it