diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
index 7caf32921de..9f381c5ac70 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # let’s drop that dependency in similar way to how other parts of the library do it
     # e.g. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/blob/3.24.4/gtk/gtk-launch.c#L31-33
     ./patches/3.0-darwin-x11.patch
-    # 3.24.13 failed to ship a header file
-    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/2279
-    ./patches/missing-header.patch
   ];
 
   separateDebugInfo = stdenv.isLinux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/missing-header.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/missing-header.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 49eb51dae9a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/missing-header.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/gdk/quartz/gdkquartz-gtk-only.h b/gdk/quartz/gdkquartz-gtk-only.h
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..193686c041971e4d8b3a1bc6bb2a79d8ba6e9a70
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/gdk/quartz/gdkquartz-gtk-only.h
-@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
-+/* gdkquartz-gtk-only.h
-+ *
-+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Imendio AB
-+ *
-+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-+ *
-+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
-+ *
-+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-+ * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-+ */
-+
-+#ifndef __GDK_QUARTZ_GTK_ONLY_H__
-+#define __GDK_QUARTZ_GTK_ONLY_H__
-+
-+#if !(defined (GTK_COMPILATION) || defined (GDK_COMPILATION))
-+#error "This API is for use only in Gtk internal code."
-+#endif
-+
-+#include <Appkit/Appkit.h>
-+#include <gdk/gdk.h>
-+#include <gdk/quartz/gdkquartz.h>
-+
-+/* Drag and Drop/Clipboard */
-+GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-+GdkAtom   gdk_quartz_pasteboard_type_to_atom_libgtk_only        (NSString       *type);
-+GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-+NSString *gdk_quartz_target_to_pasteboard_type_libgtk_only      (const gchar    *target);
-+GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-+NSString *gdk_quartz_atom_to_pasteboard_type_libgtk_only        (GdkAtom         atom);
-+
-+/* Utilities */
-+GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-+NSImage  *gdk_quartz_pixbuf_to_ns_image_libgtk_only (GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);
-+GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-+NSEvent  *gdk_quartz_event_get_nsevent              (GdkEvent  *event);
-+
-+/* Window */
-+GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-+NSWindow *gdk_quartz_window_get_nswindow            (GdkWindow *window);
-+GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-+NSView   *gdk_quartz_window_get_nsview              (GdkWindow *window);
-+
-+#endif