diff --git a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/mc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/mc/default.nix
index a03a1addb437..d45e6a699aeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/file-managers/mc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/file-managers/mc/default.nix
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/filemanager/ext.c \
       --replace /bin/rm ${coreutils}/bin/rm
-
-    substituteInPlace misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in \
-      --replace /bin/cat ${coreutils}/bin/cat
   '';
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString ((!stdenv.isDarwin) && x11Support) ''