diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powertop/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powertop/default.nix
index 79594a87c515..b8a0487bc7e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powertop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/powertop/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, gettext, libnl, ncurses, pciutils
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gettext, libnl, ncurses, pciutils
 , pkg-config, zlib, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ gettext libnl ncurses pciutils zlib ];
 
-  patches = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl (
-    fetchpatch {
-      name = "strerror_r.patch";
-      url = "https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/powertop/strerror_r.patch?id=3b9214d436f1611f297b01f72469d66bfe729d6e";
-      sha256 = "1kzddhcrb0n2iah4lhgxwwy4mkhq09ch25jjngyq6pdj6pmfkpfw";
-    }
-  );
-
   NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lpthread" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -36,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Analyze power consumption on Intel-based laptops";
     homepage = "https://01.org/powertop";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };