diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/default.nix
index 41a61f600e0..b0bbc1cc513 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pkgconfig/default.nix
@@ -7,15 +7,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.22.tar.gz;
     sha256 = "1rpb5wygmp0f8nal7y3ga4556i7hkjdslv3wdq04fj30gns621vy";
   };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Process Requires.private properly, see
-    # http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4738.
-    (fetchurl {
-      name = "pkgconfig-8494.patch";
-      url = http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=8494;
-      sha256 = "1pcrdbb7dypg2biy0yqc7bdxak5zii8agqljdvk7j4wbyghpqzws";
-    })
-  ];
 }