diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index f08718b970c..903ca661486 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./opencv-4.3.patch
   ];
 
-  # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/-/merge_requests/950
-  # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/-/merge_requests/1235
-  postPatch = "sed '/^  opencv_dep =/s/< 4\.2\.0/< 4.4.0/' -i ext/opencv/meson.build";
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja