diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1rc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1rc/default.nix
index e31dc7941113..d2c371a52b36 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1rc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1rc/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , pythonBindings ? false
 , javaBindings ? false
 , stdenv, fetchurl
-, openssl ? null, httpd ? null, db4 ? null, expat, swig ? null, patch
+, openssl ? null, httpd ? null, db4 ? null, expat, swig ? null
 }:
 
 assert expat != null;
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   python = if pythonBindings then swig.python else null;
   j2sdk = if javaBindings then swig.j2sdk else null;
 
-  inherit expat patch localServer httpServer sslSupport
+  inherit expat localServer httpServer sslSupport
           pythonBindings javaBindings;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/libXmu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/libXmu/default.nix
index 11be462dbaf5..aa583a5fd328 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/libXmu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/libXmu/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, xproto, libX11, libXt, libXext, patch}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, xproto, libX11, libXt, libXext}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libXmu-6.2.3";
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://freedesktop.org/~xlibs/release/libXmu-6.2.3.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "7671745bd8a1b0595847541479a327d6";
   };
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig patch];
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [xproto libX11 libXt libXext];
   patches = ./no-Xaw.patch;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/uml/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/uml/default.nix
index 0f86d5074276..06266cbb9b51 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/uml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/uml/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, patch, perl, m4}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, m4}:
 
-assert patch != null && perl != null && m4 != null;
+assert perl != null && m4 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "uml-2.4.24-2";
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 #  hostfsPatch = ./hostfs.patch;
 #  hostfsAccessPatch = ./hostfs-access.patch;
   config = ./config;
-  buildInputs = [patch perl m4];
+  buildInputs = [perl m4];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
index f9bbc3bedbfc..37036d24a1d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, patch}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "sysvinit-2.85";
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "8a2d8f1ed5a2909da04132fefa44905e";
   };
   srcPatch = ./patch;
-  inherit patch;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
index a346d134c804..fb624cba0fed 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, patch}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "util-linux-2.12";
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "997adf78b98d9d1c5db4f37ea982acff";
   };
   mconfigPatch = ./MCONFIG.patch;
-  inherit patch;
 }