diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
index 57839f730562..8c8b8c7b2b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace xargs/xargs.c --replace 'char default_cmd[] = "echo";' 'char default_cmd[] = "${coreutils}/bin/echo";'
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./no-install-statedir.patch ]
-    # fix gnulib tests on 32-bit ARM. Included on findutils master.
-    # https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2020-08/msg00225.html
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 ./fix-gnulib-tests-arm.patch;
+  patches = [ ./no-install-statedir.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = [ coreutils ]; # bin/updatedb script needs to call sort
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/fix-gnulib-tests-arm.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/fix-gnulib-tests-arm.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 39bd29f8439e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/fix-gnulib-tests-arm.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
->From 175e0bc72808d564074c4adcc72aeadb74adfcc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:52:58 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] perror, strerror_r: remove unportable tests
-
-Problem reported by Florian Weimer in:
-https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2020-08/msg00220.html
-* tests/test-perror2.c (main):
-* tests/test-strerror_r.c (main): Omit unportable tests.
----
- tests/test-perror2.c    | 3 ---
- tests/test-strerror_r.c | 3 ---
- 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/gnulib-tests/test-perror2.c b/gnulib-tests/test-perror2.c
-index 1d14eda7b..c6214dd25 100644
---- a/gnulib-tests/test-perror2.c
-+++ b/gnulib-tests/test-perror2.c
-@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ main (void)
-     errno = -5;
-     perror ("");
-     ASSERT (!ferror (stderr));
--    ASSERT (msg1 == msg2 || msg1 == msg4 || STREQ (msg1, str1));
--    ASSERT (msg2 == msg4 || STREQ (msg2, str2));
--    ASSERT (msg3 == msg4 || STREQ (msg3, str3));
-     ASSERT (STREQ (msg4, str4));
- 
-     free (str1);
-diff --git a/gnulib-tests/test-strerror_r.c b/gnulib-tests/test-strerror_r.c
-index b11d6fd9f..c1dbcf837 100644
---- a/gnulib-tests/test-strerror_r.c
-+++ b/gnulib-tests/test-strerror_r.c
-@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ main (void)
- 
-     strerror_r (EACCES, buf, sizeof buf);
-     strerror_r (-5, buf, sizeof buf);
--    ASSERT (msg1 == msg2 || msg1 == msg4 || STREQ (msg1, str1));
--    ASSERT (msg2 == msg4 || STREQ (msg2, str2));
--    ASSERT (msg3 == msg4 || STREQ (msg3, str3));
-     ASSERT (STREQ (msg4, str4));
- 
-     free (str1);
--- 
-2.17.1
-