diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
index 256e645bbd0..3f7782bb919 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ let
       ./patches/nix_plugin_paths_68.patch
       ./patches/remove-webp-include-69.patch
       ./patches/no-build-timestamps.patch
-    ] ++ optionals (channel == "stable" || channel == "beta") [
+    ] ++ optionals (channel == "stable") [
       ./patches/widevine.patch
-    ] ++ optionals (channel == "dev") [
+    ] ++ optionals (channel == "beta" || channel == "dev") [
       ./patches/widevine-79.patch
       # Unfortunately, chromium regularly breaks on major updates and
       # then needs various patches backported in order to be compiled with GCC.