diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/configure-socket-path.patch b/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/configure-socket-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 03eb329f4b6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/configure-socket-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/proto_unix.c b/src/proto_unix.c
-index 998f234..d38452c 100644
---- a/src/proto_unix.c
-+++ b/src/proto_unix.c
-@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ enum {
- 
- static int lsock = -1;
- 
-+static char *spath = NULL;
-+
- int init_unix(void)
- {
- 	int s;
- 	mode_t prev_umask;
- 	struct sockaddr_un addr;
-+	char *sock_path;
- 
- 	if(lsock >= 0) return 0;
- 
-@@ -49,16 +52,18 @@ int init_unix(void)
- 		return -1;
- 	}
- 
--	unlink(SOCK_NAME);	/* in case it already exists */
-+	sock_path = socket_path();
-+
-+	unlink(sock_path);	/* in case it already exists */
- 
- 	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof addr);
- 	addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
--	strcpy(addr.sun_path, SOCK_NAME);
-+	strcpy(addr.sun_path, sock_path);
- 
- 	prev_umask = umask(0);
- 
- 	if(bind(s, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof addr) == -1) {
--		logmsg(LOG_ERR, "failed to bind unix socket: %s: %s\n", SOCK_NAME, strerror(errno));
-+		logmsg(LOG_ERR, "failed to bind unix socket: %s: %s\n", sock_path, strerror(errno));
- 		close(s);
- 		return -1;
- 	}
-@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ int init_unix(void)
- 	if(listen(s, 8) == -1) {
- 		logmsg(LOG_ERR, "listen failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
- 		close(s);
--		unlink(SOCK_NAME);
-+		unlink(sock_path);
- 		return -1;
- 	}
- 
-@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ void close_unix(void)
- 		close(lsock);
- 		lsock = -1;
- 
--		unlink(SOCK_NAME);
-+		unlink(socket_path());
- 	}
- }
- 
-@@ -173,3 +178,19 @@ int handle_uevents(fd_set *rset)
- 
- 	return 0;
- }
-+
-+char *socket_path(void)
-+{
-+	char *xdg_runtime_dir;
-+	if((xdg_runtime_dir = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"))) {
-+		if ( spath == NULL ) {
-+			spath = malloc(strlen(xdg_runtime_dir) + strlen("/spnav.sock") + 1);
-+			if ( spath != NULL ) {
-+				sprintf(spath, "%s/spnav.sock", xdg_runtime_dir);
-+			}
-+		};
-+		return spath;
-+	} else {
-+		return DEFAULT_SOCK_NAME;
-+	}
-+}
-diff --git a/src/proto_unix.h b/src/proto_unix.h
-index 045b379..ec4509c 100644
---- a/src/proto_unix.h
-+++ b/src/proto_unix.h
-@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- #include "event.h"
- #include "client.h"
- 
-+char *socket_path(void);
- int init_unix(void);
- void close_unix(void);
- int get_unix_socket(void);
-diff --git a/src/spnavd.c b/src/spnavd.c
-index cbea191..03080da 100644
---- a/src/spnavd.c
-+++ b/src/spnavd.c
-@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int find_running_daemon(void)
- 	}
- 	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof addr);
- 	addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
--	strncpy(addr.sun_path, SOCK_NAME, sizeof addr.sun_path);
-+	strncpy(addr.sun_path, socket_path(), sizeof addr.sun_path);
- 
- 	if(connect(s, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof addr) == -1) {
- 		close(s);
-diff --git a/src/spnavd.h b/src/spnavd.h
-index fa0a916..deea4e0 100644
---- a/src/spnavd.h
-+++ b/src/spnavd.h
-@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- #define DEF_CFGFILE		"/etc/spnavrc"
- #define DEF_LOGFILE		"/var/log/spnavd.log"
- 
--#define SOCK_NAME	"/var/run/spnav.sock"
-+#define DEFAULT_SOCK_NAME	"/run/spnav.sock"
-+#define SOCK_NAME_ENV	"SPNAVD_SOCK_LOCATION"
- #define PIDFILE		"/var/run/spnavd.pid"
- #define SYSLOG_ID	"spnavd"
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/default.nix
index 1051d469f61..734b2229c87 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/default.nix
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libX11 ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # Changes the socket path from /run/spnav.sock to $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/spnav.sock
-    # to allow for a user service
-    ./configure-socket-path.patch
-  ];
-
   configureFlags = [ "--disable-debug"];
 
   meta = with lib; {