diff --git a/srcpkgs/element-desktop/patches/remove-sentry-dep.patch b/srcpkgs/element-desktop/patches/remove-sentry-dep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a67af374572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/element-desktop/patches/remove-sentry-dep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+commit 69e6b3e631fc8cd88cbe78b06d908f4310aa56e0
+Author: q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date:   Sat Dec 11 21:22:44 2021 +0100
+
+    remove dependency on sentry
+    
+    This is unused and breaks ppc64 because it downlaods binaries.
+
+diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
+index 078c772..5b5c430 100644
+--- a/package.json
++++ b/package.json
+@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
+     "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
+     "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "^0.4.3",
+     "@principalstudio/html-webpack-inject-preload": "^1.2.7",
+-    "@sentry/webpack-plugin": "^1.18.1",
+     "@types/flux": "^3.1.9",
+     "@types/jest": "^27.0.2",
+     "@types/modernizr": "^3.5.3",
+diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
+index 3aed215..7babcef 100644
+--- a/webpack.config.js
++++ b/webpack.config.js
+@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const TerserPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');
+ const OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin = require('optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin');
+ const HtmlWebpackInjectPreload = require('@principalstudio/html-webpack-inject-preload');
+ const ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin = require('@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin');
+-const SentryCliPlugin = require("@sentry/webpack-plugin");
+ 
+ dotenv.config();
+ let ogImageUrl = process.env.RIOT_OG_IMAGE_URL;
+@@ -539,12 +538,6 @@ module.exports = (env, argv) => {
+             }),
+             useHMR && new ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin(fullPageErrors ? undefined : { overlay: { entry: false } }),
+ 
+-            // upload to sentry if sentry env is present
+-            process.env.SENTRY_DSN &&
+-                new SentryCliPlugin({
+-                    release: process.env.VERSION,
+-                    include: "./webapp/bundles",
+-                }),
+             new webpack.EnvironmentPlugin(['VERSION']),
+         ].filter(Boolean),
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/element-desktop/patches/remove-sentry-dep.patch.args b/srcpkgs/element-desktop/patches/remove-sentry-dep.patch.args
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2eba1cb3c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/element-desktop/patches/remove-sentry-dep.patch.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-Np1