diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
index 95be159b2e1..666aafef7f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ffmpeg-full";
   inherit (ffmpeg) src version;
 
-  patches = [ ./prefer-libdav1d-over-libaom.patch ];
-
   prePatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/prefer-libdav1d-over-libaom.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/prefer-libdav1d-over-libaom.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 789bfc2674f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/prefer-libdav1d-over-libaom.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
-index d2f9a39ce5..2342399a8e 100644
---- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
-+++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
-@@ -679,13 +679,13 @@ extern AVCodec ff_pcm_mulaw_at_encoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_pcm_mulaw_at_decoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_qdmc_at_decoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_qdm2_at_decoder;
-+extern AVCodec ff_libdav1d_decoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libaom_av1_decoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libaom_av1_encoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libaribb24_decoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libcelt_decoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libcodec2_encoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libcodec2_decoder;
--extern AVCodec ff_libdav1d_decoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libdavs2_decoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libfdk_aac_encoder;
- extern AVCodec ff_libfdk_aac_decoder;