diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
index f398a618eaf3..0ffc8d7a0e89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     /* Have rpcgen(1) look for cpp(1) in $PATH.  */
     ./rpcgen-path.patch
 
-    /* Fix for the check of -fgnu89-inline compiler flag */
-    ./gnu89-inline.patch
-
     /* Allow nixos and nix handle the locale-archive. */
     ./nix-locale-archive.patch
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/gnu89-inline.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/gnu89-inline.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 16d8f914a192..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/gnu89-inline.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index ce76653..fba6de2 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -6891,7 +6891,7 @@ fi
- $as_echo "$libc_cv_gnu89_inline" >&6; }
- if test $libc_cv_gnu89_inline = yes; then
-   libc_cv_gnu89_inline=-fgnu89-inline
--else
-+elif test $libc_cv_gnu89_inline = no; then
-   libc_cv_gnu89_inline=
- fi
- 
-diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
-index 182c683..b867371 100644
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ fi
- rm -f conftest*])
- if test $libc_cv_gnu89_inline = yes; then
-   libc_cv_gnu89_inline=-fgnu89-inline
--else
-+elif test $libc_cv_gnu89_inline = no; then
-   libc_cv_gnu89_inline=
- fi
- AC_SUBST(libc_cv_gnu89_inline)