diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 2546967bc243..49e4c1f55d4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -2502,7 +2502,6 @@ let
     });
 
     RAppArmor = old.RAppArmor.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
-      patches = [ ./patches/RAppArmor.patch ];
       LIBAPPARMOR_HOME = pkgs.libapparmor;
     });
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/RAppArmor.patch b/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/RAppArmor.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f2dc49bd4766..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/RAppArmor.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru -x '*~' RAppArmor_orig/configure RAppArmor/configure
---- RAppArmor_orig/configure	2013-12-17 11:23:00.000000000 +0900
-+++ RAppArmor/configure	2014-10-18 22:22:39.641341244 +0900
-@@ -1,15 +1,2 @@
--if [ ! -e /usr/include/sys/apparmor.h ]
--then
--  echo "sys/apparmor.h not found. Make sure libapparmor-dev is installed."
--  exit 1
--fi
--
--LIBFILE=$(/sbin/ldconfig -p | egrep -oh " [-_a-zA-Z0-9/]*/libapparmor.so(.1)?$")
--
--if [ -z "$LIBFILE" ]
--then
--  echo "libapparmor.so not found. Make sure libapparmor-dev is installed."
--  exit 1
--fi 
--
-+LIBFILE="$LIBAPPARMOR_HOME/lib/libapparmor.so.1"
- echo "PKG_LIBS="$LIBFILE > src/Makevars