diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bossa/bossa-no-applet-build.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bossa/bossa-no-applet-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4284245f485d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bossa/bossa-no-applet-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index cc8882e..97b11ee 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -184,11 +184,6 @@ $(foreach src,$(COMMON_SRCS),$(eval $(call common_obj,$(src))))
+ # Applet rules
+ #
+ define applet_obj
+-$(SRCDIR)/$(1:%.asm=%.cpp): $(SRCDIR)/$(1)
+-	@echo APPLET $(1:%.asm=%)
+-	$$(Q)$$(ARMAS) -o $$(@:%.o=%.obj) $$<
+-	$$(Q)$$(ARMOBJCOPY) -O binary $$(@:%.o=%.obj) $$(@:%.o=%.bin)
+-	$$(Q)appletgen $(1:%.asm=%) $(SRCDIR) $(OBJDIR)
+ $(OBJDIR)/$(1:%.asm=%.o): $(SRCDIR)/$(1:%.asm=%.cpp)
+ 	@echo CPP APPLET $$<
+ 	$$(Q)$$(CXX) $$(COMMON_CXXFLAGS) -c -o $$(@) $$(<:%.asm=%.cpp)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bossa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bossa/default.nix
index f0b6d81e69eb..71148755a756 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bossa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bossa/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "01y8r45fw02rps9q995mv82bxrm6p0mysv4wir5glpagrhnyw7md";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./bossa-no-applet-build.patch ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ bin2c ];
   buildInputs = [ wxGTK libX11 readline ];