diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
index af36787139bf..8786f8895ab1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/common.nix
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     /* Have rpcgen(1) look for cpp(1) in $PATH.  */
     ./rpcgen-path.patch
 
-    /* Make sure `nscd' et al. are linked against `libssp'.  */
-    ./stack-protector-link.patch
-
     /* Fix for the check of -fgnu89-inline compiler flag */
     ./gnu89-inline.patch
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/stack-protector-link.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/stack-protector-link.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d200ece52df7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.12/stack-protector-link.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Make sure `nscd' et al. are linked against `libssp'.
-
---- glibc-2.11/nscd/Makefile	2009-10-30 18:17:08.000000000 +0100
-+++ glibc-2.11/nscd/Makefile	2009-11-22 01:19:37.000000000 +0100
-@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ CFLAGS-res_hconf.c += $(nscd-cflags)
- ifeq (yesyes,$(have-fpie)$(build-shared))
- relro-LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,now
- 
-+$(objpfx)nscd: LDFLAGS += -lssp
- $(objpfx)nscd: $(addprefix $(objpfx),$(nscd-modules:=.o))
- 	$(+link-pie)
- endif