diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/darwin-new-sections.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/darwin-new-sections.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dfd72fe3f511..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/darwin-new-sections.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~naesten/emacs/nextstep-stuff/revision/108961
-
-diff -ru emacs-24.3-orig/src/unexmacosx.c emacs-24.3/src/unexmacosx.c
---- emacs-24.3-orig/src/unexmacosx.c	2013-01-01 21:37:17.000000000 +0100
-+++ emacs-24.3/src/unexmacosx.c	2014-08-09 18:39:52.000000000 +0200
-@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
- 	  if (!(sectp->addr <= (unsigned long)my_edata
- 		&& my_size <= sectp->size))
- 	    unexec_error ("my_edata is not in section %s", SECT_DATA);
--	  if (!unexec_write (sectp->offset, (void *) sectp->addr, my_size))
-+          if (!unexec_write (sectp->offset, (void *) sectp->addr, sectp->size))
- 	    unexec_error ("cannot write section %s", SECT_DATA);
- 	  if (!unexec_copy (sectp->offset + my_size, old_file_offset + my_size,
- 			    sectp->size - my_size))
-@@ -880,6 +880,27 @@
- 	  if (!unexec_write (header_offset, sectp, sizeof (struct section)))
- 	    unexec_error ("cannot write section %.16s's header", sectp->sectname);
- 	}
-+      else if (strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__bss", 5) == 0
-+	       || strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__pu_bss", 8) == 0)
-+	{
-+	  sectp->flags = S_REGULAR;
-+	  
-+	  /* These sections are produced by GCC 4.6+.
-+
-+	     FIXME: We possibly ought to clear uninitialized local
-+	     variables in statically linked libraries like for
-+	     SECT_BSS (__bss) above, but setting up the markers we
-+	     need in lastfile.c would be rather messy.  See
-+	     darwin_output_aligned_bss () in gcc/config/darwin.c for
-+	     the root of the problem, keeping in mind that the
-+	     sections are numbered by their alignment in GCC 4.6, but
-+	     by log2(alignment) in GCC 4.7.  */
-+
-+	  if (!unexec_write (sectp->offset, (void *) sectp->addr, sectp->size))
-+	    unexec_error ("cannot copy section %.16s", sectp->sectname);
-+	  if (!unexec_write (header_offset, sectp, sizeof (struct section)))
-+	    unexec_error ("cannot write section %.16s's header", sectp->sectname);
-+	}
-       else if (strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__la_symbol_ptr", 16) == 0
- 	       || strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__nl_symbol_ptr", 16) == 0
- 	       || strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__got", 16) == 0
-@@ -891,6 +912,7 @@
- 	       || strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__program_vars", 16) == 0
- 	       || strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__mod_init_func", 16) == 0
- 	       || strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__mod_term_func", 16) == 0
-+	       || strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__static_data", 16) == 0
- 	       || strncmp (sectp->sectname, "__objc_", 7) == 0)
- 	{
- 	  if (!unexec_copy (sectp->offset, old_file_offset, sectp->size))
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
index c6060d2720bc..01895647a6b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    ./darwin-new-sections.patch
     ./at-fdcwd.patch
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
index d9b32351040b..191969eef5b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.3.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "194y341zrpjp75mc3099kjc0inr1d379wwsnav257bwsc967h8yx";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./darwin-new-sections.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig texinfo libxml2 gnutls ];
 
   postUnpack = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
index 802faf44c649..b79ac6150edd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0qzzqnql0z0a2p3ciccy8gq79v0s7s717lchcprn3wlaqcrk2g1p";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./darwin-new-sections.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig texinfo libxml2 gnutls ];
 
   postUnpack = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.5.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.5.nix
index 4ca1d334b97f..db0d05584e1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.5.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1a86l3556h24x9ml6r8n6xbrxymb9gr38sicny3f0m281myhlsvv";
   };
 
-  # patches = [ ./darwin-new-sections.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig texinfo libxml2 gnutls ];
 
   postUnpack = ''