diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/epiphany/libxml_depend.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/epiphany/libxml_depend.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 89e3694a02d9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/epiphany/libxml_depend.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2015-04-08 18:53:52.284580835 +0200
-+++ configure.ac	2015-04-08 18:55:55.697225280 +0200
-@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WEB_EXTENSION, [
-                   webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.0 >= $WEBKIT_GTK_REQUIRED
-                   libsecret-1 >= $LIBSECRET_REQUIRED
-+                  libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED
-                   ])
- AC_SUBST(WEB_EXTENSION_CFLAGS)
- AC_SUBST(WEB_EXTENSION_LIBS)
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/core/epiphany/libxml_depend.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/core/epiphany/libxml_depend.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 89e3694a02d9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/core/epiphany/libxml_depend.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2015-04-08 18:53:52.284580835 +0200
-+++ configure.ac	2015-04-08 18:55:55.697225280 +0200
-@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WEB_EXTENSION, [
-                   webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.0 >= $WEBKIT_GTK_REQUIRED
-                   libsecret-1 >= $LIBSECRET_REQUIRED
-+                  libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED
-                   ])
- AC_SUBST(WEB_EXTENSION_CFLAGS)
- AC_SUBST(WEB_EXTENSION_LIBS)