diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
index 63e08c8133c..57ccb086d32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cmake/default.nix
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "http://public.kitware.com/Bug/file_download.php?"
           + "file_id=4981&type=bug";
       sha256 = "16acmdr27adma7gs9rs0dxdiqppm15vl3vv3agy7y8s94wyh4ybv";
-    }) ++
-    # fix cmake detection of openssl libs
-    # see: http://public.kitware.com/Bug/bug_relationship_graph.php?bug_id=15386
-    #      and http://www.cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=commitdiff;h=c5d9a8283cfac15b4a5a07f18d5eb10c1f388505#patch1
-    [./cmake_find_openssl_for_openssl-1.0.1m_and_up.patch];
+    });
 
   buildInputs =
     [ bzip2 curl expat libarchive xz zlib ]