diff --git a/pynvjitlink/patch.py b/pynvjitlink/patch.py
index ccaca93..06bac38 100644
--- a/pynvjitlink/patch.py
+++ b/pynvjitlink/patch.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
 from functools import partial
+import importlib.util
 
 from pynvjitlink.api import NvJitLinker, NvJitLinkError
 
@@ -49,31 +50,12 @@
     Linker = object
 
 
-try:
-    import numba_cuda
-
+spec = importlib.util.find_spec("numba_cuda")
+if spec is not None:
     _numba_cuda_in_use = True
-    numba_cuda_ver = tuple(int(x) for x in numba_cuda.__version__.split("."))
-    if numba_cuda_ver < max_numba_cuda_ver:
-        _numba_cuda_version_ok = True
-    else:
-        _numba_cuda_version_ok = False
-        _numba_cuda_error = (
-            f"Only `numba_cuda` version below {max_numba_cuda_ver} is supported. "
-            f"Current version is {numba_cuda.__version__}. "
-        )
-
-        if numba_cuda_ver < (0, 2, 0):
-            suggestion = "Please enable pynvjitlink via NUMBA_CUDA_ENABLE_PYNVJITLINK environment variable."
-        else:
-            suggestion = (
-                "Please enable pynvjitlink via config.CUDA_ENABLE_PYNVJITLINK option."
-            )
-
-        _numba_cuda_error += suggestion
-except ImportError:
+    _numba_cuda_error = "`numba_cuda` includes patches from pynvjitlink, so no further patches are needed."
+else:
     _numba_cuda_in_use = False
-    _numba_cuda_error = "`numba_cuda` package is not installed. Pynvjitlink should only be used with `numba_cuda` package."
 
 
 class LinkableCode:
@@ -289,7 +271,7 @@ def patch_numba_linker(*, lto=False):
         msg = f"Cannot patch Numba: {_numba_error}"
         raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
-    if not _numba_cuda_in_use or not _numba_cuda_version_ok:
+    if _numba_cuda_in_use:
         msg = f"Cannot patch Numba: {_numba_cuda_error}"
         raise RuntimeError(msg)