diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
index dbd1c7c9f525..0c83c2e750a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/lighttpd/default.nix
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs tests
-    # Linux sandbox has an empty hostname and not /etc/hosts, which fails some tests
-    sed -ire '/[$]self->{HOSTNAME} *=/i     if(length($name)==0) { $name = "127.0.0.1" }' tests/LightyTest.pm
-    # it's difficult to prevent this test from trying to use /var/tmp (which
-    # the sandbox doesn't have) so until libredirect has support for mkstemp
-    # calls it's easiest to disable it
-    sed -i '/test_mod_ssi/d' src/t/test_mod.c
   '';
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];