diff --git a/frappe/patches/v12_0/rename_events_repeat_on.py b/frappe/patches/v12_0/rename_events_repeat_on.py
index 4ed33cbc58..66e00faf9f 100644
--- a/frappe/patches/v12_0/rename_events_repeat_on.py
+++ b/frappe/patches/v12_0/rename_events_repeat_on.py
@@ -4,24 +4,15 @@ from frappe.utils import get_datetime
 def execute():
 	weekdays = ["monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday", "saturday", "sunday"]
 
-	daily_events = frappe.get_list("Event", filters={"repeat_this_event": 1, "repeat_on": "Every Day"}, fields=["name", "starts_on"])
 	weekly_events = frappe.get_list("Event", filters={"repeat_this_event": 1, "repeat_on": "Every Week"}, fields=["name", "starts_on"])
-	monthly_events = frappe.get_list("Event", filters={"repeat_this_event": 1, "repeat_on": "Every Month"}, fields=["name", "starts_on"])
-	yearly_events = frappe.get_list("Event", filters={"repeat_this_event": 1, "repeat_on": "Every Year"}, fields=["name", "starts_on"])
-
 	frappe.reload_doc("desk", "doctype", "event")
 
-	for daily_event in daily_events:
-		# Initially Daily Events had option to choose days, but now Weekly does, so just changing from Daily -> Weekly does the job
-		frappe.db.set_value("Event", daily_event.name, "repeat_on", "Weekly")
+	# Initially Daily Events had option to choose days, but now Weekly does, so just changing from Daily -> Weekly does the job
+	frappe.db.sql("""UPDATE `tabEvent` SET `tabEvent`.repeat_on='Weekly' WHERE `tabEvent`.repeat_on='Every Day'""")
+	frappe.db.sql("""UPDATE `tabEvent` SET `tabEvent`.repeat_on='Weekly' WHERE `tabEvent`.repeat_on='Every Week'""")
+	frappe.db.sql("""UPDATE `tabEvent` SET `tabEvent`.repeat_on='Monthly' WHERE `tabEvent`.repeat_on='Every Month'""")
+	frappe.db.sql("""UPDATE `tabEvent` SET `tabEvent`.repeat_on='Yearly' WHERE `tabEvent`.repeat_on='Every Year'""")
 
 	for weekly_event in weekly_events:
 		# Set WeekDay based on the starts_on so that event can repeat Weekly
-		frappe.db.set_value("Event", weekly_event.name, "repeat_on", "Weekly")
-		frappe.db.set_value("Event", weekly_event.name, weekdays[get_datetime(weekly_event.starts_on).weekday()], 1)
-
-	for monthly_event in monthly_events:
-		frappe.db.set_value("Event", monthly_event.name, "repeat_on", "Monthly")
-
-	for yearly_event in yearly_events:
-		frappe.db.set_value("Event", yearly_event.name, "repeat_on", "Yearly")
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+		frappe.db.sql("""UPDATE `tabEvent` SET `tabEvent`.{0}=1 WHERE `tabEvent`.name='{1}'""".format(weekdays[get_datetime(weekly_event.starts_on).weekday()], weekly_event.name))