diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
index 099794f6623..2b9fa5cc04c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub, gyp, readline, python, which, icu
-, patchelf, coreutils, cctools
+, patchelf, coreutils, xcbuild
 , doCheck ? false
 , static ? false
 }:
@@ -124,13 +124,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Patch based off of:
   # https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8/tree/v5.1.281.67.0/patches
-  patches = lib.optional (!doCheck) ./libv8-5.4.232.patch
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./no-xcode.patch ];
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    chmod +w tools/gyp/pylib/gyp
-    chmod +w tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py
-  '';
+  patches = lib.optional (!doCheck) ./libv8-5.4.232.patch;
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i 's,#!/usr/bin/env python,#!${python}/bin/python,' gypfiles/gyp_v8
@@ -157,7 +151,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ which ];
   buildInputs = [ readline python icu ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin cctools
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin xcbuild
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux patchelf;
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=strict-overflow -Wno-error=unused-function -Wno-error=attributes"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/no-xcode.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/no-xcode.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5562ffaf64e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/no-xcode.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
---- a/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py
-+++ a/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py
-@@ -473,10 +473,16 @@
- 
-   def _XcodeSdkPath(self, sdk_root):
-     if sdk_root not in XcodeSettings._sdk_path_cache:
--      sdk_path = self._GetSdkVersionInfoItem(sdk_root, '--show-sdk-path')
--      XcodeSettings._sdk_path_cache[sdk_root] = sdk_path
--      if sdk_root:
--        XcodeSettings._sdk_root_cache[sdk_path] = sdk_root
-+      try:
-+        sdk_path = self._GetSdkVersionInfoItem(sdk_root, '--show-sdk-path')
-+        XcodeSettings._sdk_path_cache[sdk_root] = sdk_path
-+        if sdk_root:
-+          XcodeSettings._sdk_root_cache[sdk_path] = sdk_root
-+      except:
-+        # if this fails it's because xcodebuild failed, which means
-+        # the user is probably on a CLT-only system, where there
-+        # is no valid SDK root
-+        XcodeSettings._sdk_path_cache[sdk_root] = None
-     return XcodeSettings._sdk_path_cache[sdk_root]
- 
-   def _AppendPlatformVersionMinFlags(self, lst):
-@@ -606,10 +612,11 @@
-       framework_root = sdk_root
-     else:
-       framework_root = ''
--    config = self.spec['configurations'][self.configname]
--    framework_dirs = config.get('mac_framework_dirs', [])
--    for directory in framework_dirs:
--      cflags.append('-F' + directory.replace('$(SDKROOT)', framework_root))
-+    if 'SDKROOT' in self._Settings():
-+      config = self.spec['configurations'][self.configname]
-+      framework_dirs = config.get('mac_framework_dirs', [])
-+      for directory in framework_dirs:
-+        cflags.append('-F' + directory.replace('$(SDKROOT)', framework_root))
- 
-     self.configname = None
-     return cflags
-@@ -861,10 +868,11 @@
-     sdk_root = self._SdkPath()
-     if not sdk_root:
-       sdk_root = ''
--    config = self.spec['configurations'][self.configname]
--    framework_dirs = config.get('mac_framework_dirs', [])
--    for directory in framework_dirs:
--      ldflags.append('-F' + directory.replace('$(SDKROOT)', sdk_root))
-+    if 'SDKROOT' in self._Settings():
-+      config = self.spec['configurations'][self.configname]
-+      framework_dirs = config.get('mac_framework_dirs', [])
-+      for directory in framework_dirs:
-+        ldflags.append('-F' + directory.replace('$(SDKROOT)', sdk_root))
- 
-     platform_root = self._XcodePlatformPath(configname)
-     if sdk_root and platform_root and self._IsXCTest():
-@@ -1358,7 +1366,7 @@
-     if version:
-       version = re.match(r'(\d\.\d\.?\d*)', version).groups()[0]
-     else:
--      raise GypError("No Xcode or CLT version detected!")
-+      version = "7.0.0"
-     # The CLT has no build information, so we return an empty string.
-     version_list = [version, '']
-   version = version_list[0]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 26fef8cb1d7..a7a9a1d94ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12180,7 +12180,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   v8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8 ({
     inherit (python2Packages) python gyp;
-    cctools = darwin.cctools;
     icu = icu58; # v8-5.4.232 fails against icu4c-59.1
   } // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux {
     # doesn't build with gcc7