diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
index 849e72d9a97..ea14e2fab2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
@@ -82,12 +82,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       $dev/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
     '';
 
-  # The fixDarwinDylibNames hook doesn't patch library references or binaries.
+  # The fixDarwinDylibNames hook doesn't patch binaries.
   preFixup = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    for f in $(find $out/lib -name '*.dylib'); do
-        install_name_tool -change @rpath/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0.dylib $out/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0.dylib $f
-    done
-
     for f in $out/bin/* $dev/bin/*; do
         install_name_tool -change @rpath/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0.dylib $out/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0.dylib $f
     done