diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
index ef0bb75b2ec..cb0f35ebc15 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, glib, ncurses
 , mpd_clientlib, gettext }:
 
-let
-  rpath = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [
-    glib ncurses mpd_clientlib
-  ];
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ncmpc-${version}";
   version = "0.28";
 
@@ -19,12 +15,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ glib ncurses mpd_clientlib ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gettext ];
 
-  postFixup = ''
-    for elf in "$out"/bin/*; do
-      patchelf --set-rpath '${rpath}':"$out/lib" "$elf"
-    done
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Curses-based interface for MPD (music player daemon)";
     homepage    = http://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc/;