diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/default.nix
index 022814689428..907ac58d15fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/default.nix
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  crossAttrs = {
-    patches = [ ./sharutils-4.11.1-cross-binary-mode-popen.patch ];
-  };
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Tools for remote synchronization and `shell archives'";
     longDescription =
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/sharutils-4.11.1-cross-binary-mode-popen.patch b/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/sharutils-4.11.1-cross-binary-mode-popen.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f05eab251d4c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/sharutils-4.11.1-cross-binary-mode-popen.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur sharutils-4.11.1.orig/configure sharutils-4.11.1/configure
---- sharutils-4.11.1.orig/configure	2011-06-20 11:07:40.000000000 -0400
-+++ sharutils-4.11.1/configure	2011-06-20 11:09:30.000000000 -0400
-@@ -26962,33 +26962,33 @@
-   CATALOGS="$new_CATALOGS"
- fi
- 
--if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
--  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
--$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
--as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
--See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
--else
--  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
--/* end confdefs.h.  */
--
--int
--main ()
--{
--    FILE * fp = popen ("date", "rb");
--    exit (fp == NULL);
--  ;
--  return 0;
--}
--_ACEOF
--if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
--
-+#if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-+#  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
-+#$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-+#as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
-+#See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
-+#else
-+#  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-+#/* end confdefs.h.  */
-+#
-+#int
-+#main ()
-+#{
-+#    FILE * fp = popen ("date", "rb");
-+#    exit (fp == NULL);
-+#  ;
-+#  return 0;
-+#}
-+#_ACEOF
-+#if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
-+#
- $as_echo "#define BINARY_MODE_POPEN 1" >>confdefs.h
--
--
--fi
--rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
--  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
--fi
-+#
-+#
-+#fi
-+#rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
-+#  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-+#fi
- 
- 
-