diff --git a/Sconstruct b/Sconstruct
index e2f93de..7fa1bb5 100644
--- a/Sconstruct
+++ b/Sconstruct
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AddOption("--with-ssl",
 
 # the depends
 Part("code/libswoc.part"
-        ,vcs_type=VcsGit(server="github.com", repository="SolidWallOfCode/libswoc", tag="1.2.5")
+        ,vcs_type=VcsGit(server="github.com", repository="SolidWallOfCode/libswoc", tag="1.2.6")
         )
 Part("#lib/libyaml-cpp.part", vcs_type=VcsGit(server="github.com", repository="jbeder/yaml-cpp.git", protocol="https", tag="yaml-cpp-0.6.3"))
 #Part("#lib/libyaml-cpp.part")
diff --git a/plugin/include/txn_box/Config.h b/plugin/include/txn_box/Config.h
index 577684b..57f03ae 100644
--- a/plugin/include/txn_box/Config.h
+++ b/plugin/include/txn_box/Config.h
@@ -31,21 +31,6 @@ enum class FeatureNodeStyle {
   TUPLE, ///< Structure is suitable for a list of features.
 };
 
-// Temporary - this will be available in libswoc 1.2.6+. Until then, patch locally.
-namespace std {
-
-template <> struct hash<swoc::file::path> {
-  size_t operator()(swoc::file::path const& arg) const { return hash<string_view>()(arg.view()); }
-};
-
-} // namespace std
-
-namespace swoc { inline namespace SWOC_VERSION_NS { namespace file {
-  inline bool operator == (path const& lhs, path const& rhs) {
-    return lhs.view() == rhs.view();
-  }
-}}}
-
 /// Contains a configuration and configuration helper methods.
 /// This is also used to pass information between node parsing during configuration loading.
 class Config {