diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/CVE-2025-5278.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/CVE-2025-5278.patch
index c55b7a8694f0..197a77020fe2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/CVE-2025-5278.patch
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/CVE-2025-5278.patch
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/78507
  4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  create mode 100755 tests/sort/sort-field-limit.sh
 
+The new tests is NOT added in NixOS.
+
 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
 index 6ff403206..923aa72f8 100644
 --- a/NEWS
@@ -65,59 +67,3 @@ index b10183b6f..7af1a2512 100644
      }
  
    return ptr;
-diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
-index 4da6756ac..642d225fa 100644
---- a/tests/local.mk
-+++ b/tests/local.mk
-@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ all_tests =					\
-   tests/sort/sort-debug-keys.sh			\
-   tests/sort/sort-debug-warn.sh			\
-   tests/sort/sort-discrim.sh			\
-+  tests/sort/sort-field-limit.sh		\
-   tests/sort/sort-files0-from.pl		\
-   tests/sort/sort-float.sh			\
-   tests/sort/sort-h-thousands-sep.sh		\
-diff --git a/tests/sort/sort-field-limit.sh b/tests/sort/sort-field-limit.sh
-new file mode 100755
-index 000000000..52d8e1d17
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/tests/sort/sort-field-limit.sh
-@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
-+#!/bin/sh
-+# From 7.2-9.7, this would trigger an out of bounds mem read
-+
-+# Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-+
-+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-+# (at your option) any later version.
-+
-+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-+# GNU General Public License for more details.
-+
-+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-+
-+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
-+print_ver_ sort
-+getlimits_
-+
-+# This issue triggers with valgrind or ASAN
-+valgrind --error-exitcode=1 sort --version 2>/dev/null &&
-+  VALGRIND='valgrind --error-exitcode=1'
-+
-+{ printf '%s\n' aa bb; } > in || framework_failure_
-+
-+_POSIX2_VERSION=200809 $VALGRIND sort +0.${SIZE_MAX}R in > out || fail=1
-+compare in out || fail=1
-+
-+_POSIX2_VERSION=200809 $VALGRIND sort +1 -1.${SIZE_MAX}R in > out || fail=1
-+compare in out || fail=1
-+
-+Exit $fail
--- 
-cgit v1.2.3
-
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index facfbd89bd49..8b0177f03fbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  autoconf,
-  automake,
   autoreconfHook,
   buildPackages,
   libiconv,
@@ -132,8 +130,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     [
       perl
       xz.bin
-      autoconf
-      automake
     ]
     ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isCygwin [
       # due to patch