diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index 62315c4f0e2..561cdc8f957 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -139,15 +139,4 @@ rec {
       };
     };
 
-  # this patch will probably make it into 3.11 or 3.12
-  # it only touches 1 file (fs/btrfs/send.c) so it only affects people that use
-  # the btrfs send feature.
-  btrfs_send_backport =
-    { name = "btrfs-send-check-parent-dir-when-doing-a-compare-send";
-      patch = fetchurl {
-        url = https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2839612/mbox;
-        sha256 = "0qv5mxpfrzj2dibac64n4b3d6pg7gzsafd11548bihwmsa3dlbhg";
-      };
-    };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 974a8e2b304..8993ff2590a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6451,7 +6451,6 @@ let
     kernelPatches =
       [
         kernelPatches.sec_perm_2_6_24
-        kernelPatches.btrfs_send_backport
       ] ++ lib.optionals (platform.kernelArch == "mips")
       [ kernelPatches.mips_fpureg_emu
         kernelPatches.mips_fpu_sigill