--- a/scripts/plot/draw/patch.m	Thu Mar 14 08:07:08 2024 +0100
+++ b/scripts/plot/draw/patch.m	Thu Mar 14 17:20:15 2024 -0400
@@ -314,24 +314,6 @@
 %!   close (hf);
 %! end_unwind_protect
 
-%!test <*65421>
-%! hf = figure ("visible", "off");
-%! unwind_protect
-%!   h1 = patch ("Vertices",[0, 0; 0, 1; 1, 0;1, 1], ...
-%!             "Faces", [1, 2, 3; 2, 3, 4], "CData", 1);
-%!   h2 = patch ("Vertices",[0, 0; 0, 1; 1, 0;1, 1], "CData", 1, ...
-%!             "Faces", [1, 2, 3; 2, 3, 4]);
-%!   h1_data = get (h1);
-%!   h2_data = get (h2);
-%!   assert ({h1_data.xdata, h1_data.ydata}, ...
-%!                  {[0, 0; 0, 1; 1, 1], [0, 1; 1, 0; 0, 1]});
-%!   assert ({h1_data.xdata,  h1_data.ydata}, {h2_data.xdata, h2_data.ydata});
-%!   assert (h1_data.faces, [1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6]);
-%!   assert (h1_data.faces, h2_data.faces);
-%! unwind_protect_cleanup
-%!   close (hf);
-%! end_unwind_protect
-
 ## Test input validation
 %!error <invalid color specification C> patch (1, 1, 'x')
 %!error <invalid TrueColor data C> patch (1, 1, rand (1,2,3))

--- a/scripts/plot/draw/private/__patch__.m	Thu Mar 14 08:07:08 2024 +0100
+++ b/scripts/plot/draw/private/__patch__.m	Thu Mar 14 17:20:15 2024 -0400
@@ -176,16 +176,6 @@
     args = varargin;
   endif
 
-  ## All args now Property/Value pairs.
-  ## Ensure geometry properties come before other properties (see bug #65421).
-  geom_props = {"xdata", "ydata", "zdata", "faces", "vertices"};
-  geom_args = or (cellfun (@strcmpi, {args(1:2:end)}, geom_props, ...
-                           "UniformOutput", false){:});
-  neworder = zeros (size (args));
-  neworder(1:2:end) = [find(geom_args), find(! geom_args)] * 2 - 1;
-  neworder(2:2:end) = neworder(1:2:end) + 1;
-  args = args(neworder);
-
   if (isempty (p))
     p = gca ();
   endif