diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/2.x.nix
index 014a919d178..119e3f77f67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/2.x.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0680a53b7bf90b4e4bf444d1d89e6df41c777e0bacc96e9c09fc4dd2f5fe6b72";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./gtkmm-2.24.4-missing-operator.patch ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [pkgconfig];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glibmm gtk2 atkmm cairomm pangomm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm-2.24.4-missing-operator.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm-2.24.4-missing-operator.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c1e8cf59dde..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkmm/gtkmm-2.24.4-missing-operator.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- gtkmm-2.24.4/gtk/gtkmm/menushell.cc.orig	2016-08-26 21:55:08.858311055 +0000
-+++ gtkmm-2.24.4/gtk/gtkmm/menushell.cc	2016-08-26 21:55:33.206310578 +0000
-@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ MenuList::iterator MenuList::insert(Menu
- {
-   const Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::MenuItem> item = element.get_child();
- 
--  g_return_val_if_fail(item != 0, position);
-+  g_return_val_if_fail(!!item, position);
-   g_return_val_if_fail(gparent() != 0, position);
- 
-   int pos = -1;
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