diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
index 0242360aa08..4e8ce95737d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, cmake, ninja, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, cmake, ninja, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gtest";
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./fix-cmake-config-includedir.patch
-    ./fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/google/googletest/commit/5126ff48d9ac54828d1947d1423a5ef2a8efee3b.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-TBvECU/9nuvwjsCjWJP2b6DNy+FYnHIFZeuVW7g++JE=";
+    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f393259092..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-From 5126ff48d9ac54828d1947d1423a5ef2a8efee3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org>
-Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 15:58:45 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Use pcfiledir for prefix in pkgconfig file"
-
-The change makes implicit assumptions on the layout of the install
-tree, which is going to break in many ways.
-
-The correct solution is to use the `PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR` variable
-to inject the cross-compiled sysroot into `-I` and `-L` paths.
----
- googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in      | 5 ++---
- googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in | 5 ++---
- googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in      | 5 ++---
- googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in | 5 ++---
- 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in b/googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in
-index 08e045474..2ef0fbca1 100644
---- a/googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in
-+++ b/googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in
-@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
--prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
--libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
--includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
-+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
-+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
- 
- Name: gmock
- Description: GoogleMock (without main() function)
-diff --git a/googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in b/googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in
-index b22fe6148..04658fe2e 100644
---- a/googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in
-+++ b/googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in
-@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
--prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
--libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
--includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
-+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
-+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
- 
- Name: gmock_main
- Description: GoogleMock (with main() function)
-diff --git a/googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in b/googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in
-index 9aae29e26..e7967ad56 100644
---- a/googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in
-+++ b/googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in
-@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
--prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
--libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
--includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
-+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
-+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
- 
- Name: gtest
- Description: GoogleTest (without main() function)
-diff --git a/googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in b/googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in
-index 915f2973a..fe25d9c73 100644
---- a/googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in
-+++ b/googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in
-@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
--prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
--libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
--includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
-+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
-+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
- 
- Name: gtest_main
- Description: GoogleTest (with main() function)