diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qscintilla/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qscintilla/default.nix
index 323eff6486d7..abaeba51b451 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qscintilla/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qscintilla/default.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  # Fix Xcode 8 compilation problem
-  xcodePatch = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/formula-patches/a651d71/qscintilla2/xcode-8.patch";
-    sha256 = "1a88309fdfd421f4458550b710a562c622d72d6e6fdd697107e4a43161d69bc9";
-  };
-
   pname = "qscintilla-qt${if withQt5 then "5" else "4"}";
   version = "2.11.2";
 
@@ -32,8 +26,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ (if withQt5 then [ qmake ] else [ qmake4Hook ])
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
 
-  patches = (lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin && withQt5) xcodePatch) ++
-            (lib.optional (!withQt5) ./fix-qt4-build.patch );
+  patches = lib.optional (!withQt5) ./fix-qt4-build.patch;
 
   # Make sure that libqscintilla2.so is available in $out/lib since it is expected
   # by some packages such as sqlitebrowser