diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/llvm.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/llvm.nix
index 4aba455c4c9..072fa9a11cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/llvm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/6/llvm.nix
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
     # Revert compiler-rt commit that makes codesign mandatory
     patch -p1 -i ${./compiler-rt-codesign.patch} -d projects/compiler-rt
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch64 ''
-    patch -p0 < ${../aarch64.patch}
   '';
 
   # hacky fix: created binaries need to be run before installation