diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/common.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/common.nix
index bf071d62c67..48941bdb01f 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/common.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ let
 
     postPatch = ''
       patchShebangs .
+
+      # Locale patch required for Darwin builds, see:
+      # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/74064#issuecomment-560083970
+      sed -i src/translations.cpp \
+          -e 's@#elif (defined(__linux__) || (defined(MACOSX) && !defined(TILES)))@#elif 1@'
     '';
 
     makeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/default.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/default.nix
index 490e5a45ac0..ed3fe7fdfc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/default.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (common // rec {
     sha256 = "15l6w6lxays7qmsv0ci2ry53asb9an9dh7l7fc13256k085qcg68";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./patches/fix_locale_dir.patch ];
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; common.meta // {
     maintainers = common.meta.maintainers ++ [ skeidel ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
index d7b4bf4bde1..8e803ed63df 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (common // rec {
     sha256 = "0ww2q5gykxm802z1kffmnrfahjlx123j1gfszklpsv0b1fccm1ab";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Locale patch required for Darwin builds, see: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/74064#issuecomment-560083970
-    ./patches/fix_locale_dir_git.patch
-  ];
-
   makeFlags = common.makeFlags ++ [
     "VERSION=git-${version}-${substring 0 8 src.rev}"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/patches/fix_locale_dir.patch b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/patches/fix_locale_dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bfff892d2a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/patches/fix_locale_dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/translations.cpp
-+++ b/src/translations.cpp
-@@ -212,14 +212,12 @@ void set_language()
-     auto env = getenv( "LANGUAGE" );
-     locale_dir = std::string( PATH_INFO::base_path() + "lang/mo/" + ( env ? env : "none" ) +
-                               "/LC_MESSAGES/cataclysm-dda.mo" );
--#elif (defined(__linux__) || (defined(MACOSX) && !defined(TILES)))
-+#else
-     if( !PATH_INFO::base_path().empty() ) {
-         locale_dir = PATH_INFO::base_path() + "share/locale";
-     } else {
-         locale_dir = "lang/mo";
-     }
--#else
--    locale_dir = "lang/mo";
- #endif
- 
-     const char *locale_dir_char = locale_dir.c_str();
diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/patches/fix_locale_dir_git.patch b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/patches/fix_locale_dir_git.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 79b442ff5c9..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/patches/fix_locale_dir_git.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/translations.cpp b/src/translations.cpp
-index 067e2cd77d..5660d18b3d 100644
---- a/src/translations.cpp
-+++ b/src/translations.cpp
-@@ -211,14 +211,12 @@ void set_language()
-     auto env = getenv( "LANGUAGE" );
-     locale_dir = std::string( FILENAMES["base_path"] + "lang/mo/" + ( env ? env : "none" ) +
-                               "/LC_MESSAGES/cataclysm-dda.mo" );
--#elif (defined(__linux__) || (defined(MACOSX) && !defined(TILES)))
-+#else
-     if( !FILENAMES["base_path"].empty() ) {
-         locale_dir = FILENAMES["base_path"] + "share/locale";
-     } else {
-         locale_dir = "lang/mo";
-     }
--#else
--    locale_dir = "lang/mo";
- #endif
-
-     const char *locale_dir_char = locale_dir.c_str();