diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-gnu/files/darn.patch b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-gnu/files/darn.patch
deleted file mode 120000
index dc81f1f9657..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-gnu/files/darn.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../gcc/patches/darn.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-gnu/template b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-gnu/template
index 2b992691cd3..bbf11fee756 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-gnu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-gnu/template
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ _gcc_bootstrap() {
 	cd ${wrksrc}/gcc-${_gcc_version}
 	_apply_patch -p0 ${FILESDIR}/fix-cxxflags-passing.patch
 	_apply_patch -p0 ${FILESDIR}/libgcc-ibm128-no-tag.patch
-	_apply_patch -p0 ${FILESDIR}/darn.patch
 	_apply_patch -p0 ${FILESDIR}/ppc64-pure64.patch
 
 	sed -i 's/lib64/lib/' gcc/config/rs6000/linux64.h