diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
index d18a93e1509c..401a1120527a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib
 , fetchPypi
-, fetchpatch
 , python
 , buildPythonPackage
 , gfortran