diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 984afa184a22..9e52960f8737 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # version detection in `libtool.m4` fails to detect the Darwin version correctly.
     ./0001-libtool.m4-update-macos-version-detection-block.patch
   ]
-  ++ lib.optional targetPlatform.isiOS ./support-ios.patch
   # Adds AVR-specific options to "size" for compatibility with Atmel's downstream distribution
   # Patch from arch-community
   # https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/blob/c8d53dd1734df7ab15931f7fad0c9acb8386904c/trunk/avr-size.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/support-ios.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/support-ios.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 74e56d130ed5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/support-ios.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/bfd/config.bfd b/bfd/config.bfd
-index f04a993f06..1e24a9d030 100644
---- a/bfd/config.bfd
-+++ b/bfd/config.bfd
-@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ case "${targ}" in
- 
- # START OF targmatch.h
- #ifdef BFD64
--  aarch64-*-darwin*)
-+  aarch64-*-darwin* | aarch64-*-ios*)
-     targ_defvec=aarch64_mach_o_vec
-     targ_selvecs="arm_mach_o_vec mach_o_le_vec mach_o_be_vec mach_o_fat_vec"
-     targ_archs="$targ_archs bfd_i386_arch bfd_powerpc_arch bfd_rs6000_arch"
-@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ case "${targ}" in
-     targ_selvecs=arc_elf32_be_vec
-     ;;
- 
--  arm-*-darwin*)
-+  arm-*-darwin* | arm-*-ios*)
-     targ_defvec=arm_mach_o_vec
-     targ_selvecs="mach_o_le_vec mach_o_be_vec mach_o_fat_vec"
-     targ_archs="$targ_archs bfd_i386_arch bfd_powerpc_arch bfd_rs6000_arch"
-@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ case "${targ}" in
-   i[3-7]86-*-aix*)
-     targ_defvec=i386_coff_vec
-     ;;
--  i[3-7]86-*-darwin* | i[3-7]86-*-macos10* | i[3-7]86-*-rhapsody*)
-+  i[3-7]86-*-darwin* | i[3-7]86-*-ios* | i[3-7]86-*-macos10* | i[3-7]86-*-rhapsody*)
-     targ_defvec=i386_mach_o_vec
-     targ_selvecs="mach_o_le_vec mach_o_be_vec mach_o_fat_vec pef_vec pef_xlib_vec sym_vec"
-     targ64_selvecs=x86_64_mach_o_vec
-@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ case "${targ}" in
-     targ_defvec=x86_64_elf64_cloudabi_vec
-     want64=true
-     ;;
--  x86_64-*-darwin*)
-+  x86_64-*-darwin* | x86_64-*-ios*)
-     targ_defvec=x86_64_mach_o_vec
-     targ_selvecs="i386_mach_o_vec mach_o_le_vec mach_o_be_vec mach_o_fat_vec pef_vec pef_xlib_vec sym_vec"
-     targ_archs="$targ_archs bfd_powerpc_arch bfd_rs6000_arch"
-@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ case "${targ}" in
-     targ_selvecs="powerpc_elf32_le_vec powerpc_boot_vec"
-     targ64_selvecs="powerpc_elf64_vec powerpc_elf64_le_vec"
-     ;;
--  powerpc-*-darwin* | powerpc-*-macos10* | powerpc-*-rhapsody*)
-+  powerpc-*-darwin* | powerpc-*-ios* | powerpc-*-macos10* | powerpc-*-rhapsody*)
-     targ_defvec=mach_o_be_vec
-     targ_selvecs="mach_o_be_vec mach_o_le_vec mach_o_fat_vec pef_vec pef_xlib_vec sym_vec"
-     targ_archs="$targ_archs bfd_i386_arch"
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index aae94501e4..2cceb4dad4 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ if test x$enable_libgomp = x ; then
- 	;;
-     *-*-solaris2* | *-*-hpux11*)
- 	;;
--    *-*-darwin* | *-*-aix*)
-+    *-*-darwin* | *-*-ios* | *-*-aix*)
- 	;;
-     nvptx*-*-*)
- 	;;
-@@ -700,13 +700,13 @@ esac
- 
- # Disable libffi for some systems.
- case "${target}" in
--  powerpc-*-darwin*)
-+  powerpc-*-darwin* | powerpc-*-ios*)
-     ;;
--  i[[3456789]]86-*-darwin*)
-+  i[[3456789]]86-*-darwin* | i[[3456789]]86-*-ios*)
-     ;;
--  x86_64-*-darwin[[912]]*)
-+  x86_64-*-darwin[[912]]* | x86_64-*-ios[[912]]*)
-     ;;
--  *-*-darwin*)
-+  *-*-darwin* | *-*-ios*)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libffi"
-     ;;
-   *-*-netware*)
-@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ esac
- # Disable the go frontend on systems where it is known to not work. Please keep
- # this in sync with contrib/config-list.mk.
- case "${target}" in
--*-*-darwin* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw*)
-+*-*-darwin* | *-*-ios* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw*)
-     unsupported_languages="$unsupported_languages go"
-     ;;
- esac
-@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ esac
- # For testing, you can easily override this with --enable-libgo.
- if test x$enable_libgo = x; then
-     case "${target}" in
--    *-*-darwin*)
-+    *-*-darwin* | *-*-ios*)
- 	# PR 46986
- 	noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libgo"
- 	;;
-@@ -916,27 +916,27 @@ esac
- case "${target}" in
-   *-*-chorusos)
-     ;;
--  aarch64-*-darwin*)
-+  aarch64-*-darwin* | aarch64-*-ios*)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gas gdb gprof"
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs sim target-rda"
-     ;;
--  arm-*-darwin*)
-+  arm-*-darwin* | arm-*-ios*)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gas gdb gprof"
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs sim target-rda"
-     ;;
--  powerpc-*-darwin*)
-+  powerpc-*-darwin* | powerpc-*-ios*)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gas gdb gprof"
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs sim target-rda"
-     ;;
--  i[[3456789]]86-*-darwin*)
-+  i[[3456789]]86-*-darwin* | i[[3456789]]86-*-ios*)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gprof"
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs sim target-rda"
-     ;;
--  x86_64-*-darwin[[912]]*)
-+  x86_64-*-darwin[[912]]* | x86_64-*-ios[[912]]*)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gas gprof"
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs sim target-rda"
-     ;;
--  *-*-darwin*)
-+  *-*-darwin* | *-*-ios*)
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gas gdb gprof"
-     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs sim target-rda"
-     ;;
-@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ case "${host}" in
-   hppa*-*)	
-     host_makefile_frag="config/mh-pa"
-     ;;
--  *-*-darwin*)
-+  *-*-darwin* | *-*-ios*)
-     host_makefile_frag="config/mh-darwin"
-     ;;
-   powerpc-*-aix*)
-@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ ACX_ELF_TARGET_IFELSE([# ELF platforms build the lto-plugin always.
-   build_lto_plugin=yes
- ],[if test x"$default_enable_lto" = x"yes" ; then
-     case $target in
--      *-apple-darwin[[912]]* | *-cygwin* | *-mingw* | *djgpp*) ;;
-+      *-apple-darwin[[912]]* | *-apple-ios[[912]]* | *-cygwin* | *-mingw* | *djgpp*) ;;
-       # On other non-ELF platforms, LTO has yet to be validated.
-       *) enable_lto=no ;;
-     esac
-@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ ACX_ELF_TARGET_IFELSE([# ELF platforms build the lto-plugin always.
-   # warn during gcc/ subconfigure; unless you're bootstrapping with
-   # -flto it won't be needed until after installation anyway.
-     case $target in
--      *-cygwin* | *-mingw* | *-apple-darwin* | *djgpp*) ;;
-+      *-cygwin* | *-mingw* | *-apple-darwin* | *-apple-ios* | *djgpp*) ;;
-       *) if test x"$enable_lto" = x"yes"; then
- 	AC_MSG_ERROR([LTO support is not enabled for this target.])
-         fi
-@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ rm -f conftest*
- # Decide which environment variable is used to find dynamic libraries.
- case "${host}" in
-   *-*-hpux*) RPATH_ENVVAR=SHLIB_PATH ;;
--  *-*-darwin*) RPATH_ENVVAR=DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ;;
-+  *-*-darwin* | *-*-ios* ) RPATH_ENVVAR=DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ;;
-   *-*-mingw* | *-*-cygwin ) RPATH_ENVVAR=PATH ;;
-   *) RPATH_ENVVAR=LD_LIBRARY_PATH ;;
- esac