diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
index c6060d2720bc..01895647a6b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    ./darwin-new-sections.patch
     ./at-fdcwd.patch
   ];