diff --git a/.ci/windows/install-msvc.ps1 b/.ci/windows/install-msvc.ps1
deleted file mode 100755
index d1dcb33ada..0000000000
--- a/.ci/windows/install-msvc.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Eden Emulator Project
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-
-# Check if running as administrator
-if (-not ([bool](net session 2>$null))) {
-    Write-Host "This script must be run with administrator privileges!"
-    Exit 1
-}
-
-$VSVer = "17"
-$ExeFile = "vs_community.exe"
-$Uri = "https://aka.ms/vs/$VSVer/release/$ExeFile"
-$Destination = "./$ExeFile"
-
-Write-Host "Downloading Visual Studio Build Tools from $Uri"
-$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
-$WebClient.DownloadFile($Uri, $Destination)
-Write-Host "Finished downloading $ExeFile"
-
-$Arguments = @(
-    "--quiet",                                                  # Suppress installer UI
-    "--wait",                                                   # Wait for installation to complete
-    "--norestart",                                              # Prevent automatic restart
-    "--force",                                                  # Force installation even if components are already installed
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop",      # Desktop development with C++
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",  # Core C++ compiler/tools for x86/x64
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.26100",# Windows 11 SDK (26100)
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041",# Windows 10 SDK (19041)
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.Clang",     # LLVM Clang compiler
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Llvm.ClangToolset", # LLVM Clang integration toolset
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.22621",# Windows 11 SDK (22621)
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CMake.Project",  # CMake project support
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.VC.Tools.142.x86.x64", # VC++ 14.2 toolset
-    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.NativeDesktop.Llvm.Clang" # LLVM Clang for native desktop
-)
-
-Write-Host "Installing Visual Studio Build Tools"
-$InstallProcess = Start-Process -FilePath $Destination -NoNewWindow -PassThru -ArgumentList $Arguments
-
-# Spinner while installing
-$Spinner = "|/-\"
-$i = 0
-while (-not $InstallProcess.HasExited) {
-    Write-Host -NoNewline ("`rInstalling... " + $Spinner[$i % $Spinner.Length])
-    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
-    $i++
-}
-
-# Clear spinner line
-Write-Host "`rSetup completed!           "
-
-$ExitCode = $InstallProcess.ExitCode
-if ($ExitCode -ne 0) {
-    Write-Host "Error installing Visual Studio Build Tools (Error: $ExitCode)"
-    Exit $ExitCode
-}
-
-Write-Host "Finished installing Visual Studio Build Tools"
diff --git a/CMakeModules/MSVCCache.cmake b/CMakeModules/MSVCCache.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ffc474693..0000000000
--- a/CMakeModules/MSVCCache.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 yuzu Emulator Project
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-# buildcache wrapper
-OPTION(USE_CCACHE "Use buildcache for compilation" OFF)
-IF(USE_CCACHE)
-    FIND_PROGRAM(CCACHE buildcache)
-    IF (CCACHE)
-        MESSAGE(STATUS "Using buildcache found in PATH")
-        SET_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE ${CCACHE})
-        SET_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_LINK ${CCACHE})
-    ELSE(CCACHE)
-        MESSAGE(WARNING "USE_CCACHE enabled, but no buildcache executable found")
-    ENDIF(CCACHE)
-ENDIF(USE_CCACHE)
diff --git a/docs/Deps.md b/docs/Deps.md
index b082c5d780..338d3a5dcb 100644
--- a/docs/Deps.md
+++ b/docs/Deps.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ To build Eden, you MUST have a C++ compiler.
   - GCC 12 also requires Clang 14+
 * On Windows, this is either:
   - **[MSVC](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/)** (you should select *Community* option),
-    * *A convenience script to install the Visual Community Studio 2022 with necessary tools is provided in `.ci/windows/install-msvc.ps1`*
   - clang-cl - can be downloaded from the MSVC installer,
   - or **[MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org)**
 * On macOS, this is Apple Clang
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ Then install the libraries: `sudo pkg install qt6 boost glslang libzip library/l
 * Open the `MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit` shell (`mingw64.exe`)
 * Download and install all dependencies:
 ```
-BASE="git make autoconf libtool automake-wrapper"
+BASE="git make autoconf libtool automake-wrapper jq patch"
 MINGW="SDL2 cmake python-pip qt6-base toolchain ffmpeg boost catch fmt lz4 nlohmann-json openssl zlib zstd enet opus mbedtls vulkan-devel libusb vulkan-memory-allocator unordered_dense zydis clang ccache"
 
 packages="$BASE"