diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kmail.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kmail.nix
index 6b8941e5787..d225eba8223 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kmail.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kmail.nix
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ mkDerivation {
     kdepim-addons
   ];
   propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ kdepim-runtime kwallet akonadi ];
-  patches = [ ./kmail.patch ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kmail.patch b/pkgs/applications/kde/kmail.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 71a23be2d83..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kmail.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/agents/archivemailagent/CMakeLists.txt b/agents/archivemailagent/CMakeLists.txt
-index 48ed076..9c56896 100644
---- a/agents/archivemailagent/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/agents/archivemailagent/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ki18n_wrap_ui(libarchivemailagent_SRCS ui/archivemailwidget.ui )
- add_library(archivemailagent STATIC ${libarchivemailagent_SRCS})
- target_link_libraries(archivemailagent
-     KF5::MailCommon
-+    KF5::Libkdepim
-     KF5::I18n
-     KF5::Notifications
-     KF5::IconThemes
-diff --git a/agents/followupreminderagent/CMakeLists.txt b/agents/followupreminderagent/CMakeLists.txt
-index a56b730..83604cf 100644
---- a/agents/followupreminderagent/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/agents/followupreminderagent/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ target_link_libraries(followupreminderagent
-     KF5::AkonadiMime
-     KF5::AkonadiAgentBase
-     KF5::DBusAddons
-+    KF5::FollowupReminder
-     KF5::XmlGui
-     KF5::KIOWidgets
-     KF5::Notifications