diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a66265a..1d404ba 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Setting up the environment
 
-This repository uses [`yarn@v1`](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install).
+This repository uses [`yarn@v1`](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/#mac-stable).
 Other package managers may work but are not officially supported for development.
 
 To set up the repository, run:
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ All files in the `examples/` directory are not modified by the generator and can
 …
 ```
 
-```sh
-$ chmod +x examples/<your-example>.ts
+```
+chmod +x examples/<your-example>.ts
 # run the example against your api
-$ yarn tsn -T examples/<your-example>.ts
+yarn tsn -T examples/<your-example>.ts
 ```
 
 ## Using the repository from source
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index e21ab9f..21bac9a 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -522,19 +522,9 @@ export abstract class APIClient {
 
     const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), ms);
 
-    const fetchOptions = {
-      signal: controller.signal as any,
-      ...options,
-    };
-    if (fetchOptions.method) {
-      // Custom methods like 'patch' need to be uppercased
-      // See https://github.com/nodejs/undici/issues/2294
-      fetchOptions.method = fetchOptions.method.toUpperCase();
-    }
-
     return (
       // use undefined this binding; fetch errors if bound to something else in browser/cloudflare
-      this.fetch.call(undefined, url, fetchOptions).finally(() => {
+      this.fetch.call(undefined, url, { signal: controller.signal as any, ...options }).finally(() => {
         clearTimeout(timeout);
       })
     );
diff --git a/tests/index.test.ts b/tests/index.test.ts
index 3a36ecd..2cb0dd2 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -122,23 +122,6 @@ describe('instantiate client', () => {
     expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
-  test('normalized method', async () => {
-    let capturedRequest: RequestInit | undefined;
-    const testFetch = async (url: RequestInfo, init: RequestInit = {}): Promise<Response> => {
-      capturedRequest = init;
-      return new Response(JSON.stringify({}), { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } });
-    };
-
-    const client = new Browserbase({
-      baseURL: 'http://localhost:5000/',
-      apiKey: 'My API Key',
-      fetch: testFetch,
-    });
-
-    await client.patch('/foo');
-    expect(capturedRequest?.method).toEqual('PATCH');
-  });
-
   describe('baseUrl', () => {
     test('trailing slash', () => {
       const client = new Browserbase({ baseURL: 'http://localhost:5000/custom/path/', apiKey: 'My API Key' });