diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.3.nix
index c3aa8de4e1e6..03bb9d44dda9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.3.nix
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   branch = "3.3";
   sha256 = "1p3brx0qa3i3569zlmcmpbxf17q73nrmbx2vp39s8h77r53qdq11";
   darwinFrameworks = [ Cocoa CoreMedia ];
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./sdk_detection.patch;
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/sdk_detection.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/sdk_detection.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f0b8789c66b5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/sdk_detection.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/libavcodec/audiotoolboxdec.c b/libavcodec/audiotoolboxdec.c
---- a/libavcodec/audiotoolboxdec.c
-+++ b/libavcodec/audiotoolboxdec.c
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- #include "libavutil/opt.h"
- #include "libavutil/log.h"
- 
--#ifndef __MAC_10_11
-+#if __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < 101100
- #define kAudioFormatEnhancedAC3 'ec-3'
- #endif
-