diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
index 3cbd156f17d..c5fb141b7e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit sha256;
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./urw-font-files.patch ];
-
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;