diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
index 7c23d44bfc9f..bbada33054d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "man" ];
 
-  patches = [ ./0001-TargetConditionals.patch ];
+  patches = lib.optional (version == "2.2.6") ./0001-TargetConditionals.patch;
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace cups/testfile.c \