diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
index c41ce5994a1..e3affca1220 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
@@ -39,18 +39,6 @@ rec {
     sha256_64bit = "0h0jcckqpd63vaj95lvdgj2sbbn9y1ri1xx7r2snxfx0plhwz46n";
     settingsSha256 = "1w5nkxs7a40mq0qf97nhfazdqhfn1bvr54v50s8p0ggixb6vdm3l";
     persistencedSha256 = "02v76202qcnh8hvg4y9wmk9swdlv7z39ppfd1c850nlv158vn5nf";
-
-    patches = [
-      (fetchurl {
-        url = "https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/trunk/kernel-4.16.patch?h=2ad07241ea525a6b6b555b6cb96a97634a4b2cb0";
-        sha256 = "11b3dp0na496rn13v5q4k66bf61174800g36rcwj42r0xj9cfak2";
-      })
-
-      (fetchurl {
-        url = "https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/trunk/kernel-5.1.patch?h=42d50ef8d6048608d18bdf2c296dd335260c5a1a";
-        sha256 = "03v46ym2bcckg9q2xrilkg21hfiwypr6gl4jmly2q3m4yza9ja6r";
-      })
-    ];
   };
 
   legacy_340 = generic {