diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
index 2f956f4baa4..0dcc42dc526 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, libiconv, xz, fetchpatch }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, libiconv, xz }:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
 # cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
   patches = [
     ./absolute-paths.diff
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git/patch?id=ec0e6b307456ceab352669ae6bccca9702108753";
-        sha256 = "0xqs01c7xl7vmw6bqvsmrzxxjxk2a4spcdpmlwm3b4hi2wc2lxnf";
-      });
+  ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "man" "doc" "info" ];