diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index f9ca6b093727..bb20f2a73840 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -133,18 +133,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # Otherwise tries to ensure /var/run exists.
     sed -i "/install_subdir('run', install_dir: get_option('localstatedir'))/d" \
         qga/meson.build
-
-    # glibc 2.33 compat fix: if `has_statx = true` is set, `tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c` will
-    # rely on `stx_mnt_id`[1] which is not part of glibc's `statx`-struct definition.
-    #
-    # `has_statx` will be set to `true` if a simple C program which uses a few `statx`
-    # consts & struct fields successfully compiles. It seems as this only builds on glibc-2.33
-    # since most likely[2] and because of that, the problematic code-path will be used.
-    #
-    # [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa2fcf4f1df1559a0a4ee0f46915b496cc2ebf60#diff-64bab5a0a3fcb55e1a6ad77b1dfab89d2c9c71a770a07ecf44e6b82aae76a03a
-    # [2] https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blobdiff;f=io/bits/statx-generic.h;h=c34697e3c1fd79cddd60db294302e461ed8db6e2;hp=7a09e94be2abb92d2df612090c132e686a24d764;hb=88a2cf6c4bab6e94a65e9c0db8813709372e9180;hpb=c4e4b2e149705559d28b16a9b47ba2f6142d6a6c
-    substituteInPlace meson.build \
-      --replace 'has_statx = cc.links(statx_test)' 'has_statx = false'
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''