diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index b6197b478f2..1f5e78bca13 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ rec {
     svnSupport = getConfig ["git" "svnSupport"] false; # for git-svn support
     guiSupport = getConfig ["git" "guiSupport"] false;
     perlLibs = [perlPackages.LWP perlPackages.URI perlPackages.TermReadKey subversion];
-    additionalPatches = getConfig ["git" "additionalPatches"] [];
   };
 
   gitGit = import ./git/git-git.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index b3dff45f362..3f5b15fa218 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , libxslt, tcl, tk, makeWrapper
 , svnSupport, subversion, perlLibs
 , guiSupport
-, additionalPatches ? []
 }:
 
 # `git-svn' support requires Subversion and various Perl libraries.
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "4d1aaf16b4c37c8412cceab09b009bfc0f8d7b9f30a809b82027ab7fa66fdbb3";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ] ++ additionalPatches;
+  patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = [curl openssl zlib expat gettext cpio makeWrapper]
     ++ # documentation tools