diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-fzf-tab/darwin.patch b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-fzf-tab/darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 54b6ce26138..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-fzf-tab/darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/modules/Src/aloxaf/fzftab.c b/modules/Src/aloxaf/fzftab.c
-index 60b6330..91975d8 100644
---- a/modules/Src/aloxaf/fzftab.c
-+++ b/modules/Src/aloxaf/fzftab.c
-@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
- #include "fzftab.mdh"
- #include "fzftab.pro"
--#include <malloc.h>
- #include <stdarg.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-fzf-tab/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-fzf-tab/default.nix
index 029950b9bee..be12ec147d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-fzf-tab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-fzf-tab/default.nix
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
-  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./darwin.patch ];
-
   postConfigure = ''
     pushd modules
     ./configure --disable-gdbm --without-tcsetpgrp