diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/qcachegrind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/qcachegrind/default.nix
index 15be7554c198..30d82aca83ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/qcachegrind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/qcachegrind/default.nix
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake ];
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-qt5_10-build.patch";
-      url = https://github.com/KDE/kcachegrind/commit/c41607a.patch;
-      sha256 = "00kh5im3hpcarch8rc2dsgxsajfmd8vd7rry9x6mxrbkgr4ifq8y";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postInstall = ''
      mkdir -p $out/bin
      cp -p converters/dprof2calltree $out/bin/dprof2calltree