diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/pr128297.patch b/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/pr128297.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 25f88f9158..0000000000
--- a/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/pr128297.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-From 6102c4a326636fe653aad42b9e5cc79db826afa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: sternenseemann <0rpkxez4ksa01gb3typccl0i@systemli.org>
-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:47:40 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] cairo: enable tee unconditionally
-
-The pycairo test suite fails on darwin because cairo's tee backend is
-not enabled: https://github.com/pygobject/pycairo/issues/238
-Since cairo builds on darwin fine with tee, there seems to be no
-reason not to enable it.
----
- pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix | 7 ++++---
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
-index 839b7e9f40b94c..ab439dbc065794 100644
---- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
-+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairo/default.nix
-@@ -64,14 +64,15 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-     ++ optional glSupport libGL
-     ; # TODO: maybe liblzo but what would it be for here?
- 
--  configureFlags = (if stdenv.isDarwin then [
-+  configureFlags = [
-+    "--enable-tee"
-+  ] ++ (if stdenv.isDarwin then [
-     "--disable-dependency-tracking"
-     "--enable-quartz"
-     "--enable-quartz-font"
-     "--enable-quartz-image"
-     "--enable-ft"
--  ] else ([ "--enable-tee" ]
--    ++ optional xcbSupport "--enable-xcb"
-+  ] else (optional xcbSupport "--enable-xcb"
-     ++ optional glSupport "--enable-gl"
-     ++ optional pdfSupport "--enable-pdf"
-   )) ++ optional (!x11Support) "--disable-xlib";
diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/series b/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/series
index 3da86dd1c6..324117f1f0 100644
--- a/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/series
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/patches/series
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 patch-cherrypy.patch
 pomerium-fix.patch
-pr128297.patch