diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
index d9b32351040..191969eef5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "194y341zrpjp75mc3099kjc0inr1d379wwsnav257bwsc967h8yx";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./darwin-new-sections.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig texinfo libxml2 gnutls ];
 
   postUnpack = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
index 802faf44c64..b79ac6150ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0qzzqnql0z0a2p3ciccy8gq79v0s7s717lchcprn3wlaqcrk2g1p";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./darwin-new-sections.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig texinfo libxml2 gnutls ];
 
   postUnpack = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.5.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.5.nix
index 4ca1d334b97..db0d05584e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.5.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1a86l3556h24x9ml6r8n6xbrxymb9gr38sicny3f0m281myhlsvv";
   };
 
-  # patches = [ ./darwin-new-sections.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig texinfo libxml2 gnutls ];
 
   postUnpack = ''