diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index 43e41bd840d8..bb78773e7294 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "455fc04b5f7ce3d7294ed71a9dd172ff4eb97875cfc30b554ef4ce55ec6f5106";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./zlib.patch ];
-
   buildInputs =
     [ xz bzip2 perl zlib a52dec libmad faad2 ffmpeg alsaLib libdvdnav libdvdnav.libdvdread
       libbluray dbus fribidi qt4 libvorbis libtheora speex lua5 libgcrypt
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/zlib.patch b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/zlib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b94f7de9332a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/zlib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From https://401629.bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=300539
-Fix building VLC against zlib 1.2.6.
-
-http://bugs.gentoo.org/401629
-http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/5964
-
---- a/modules/gui/skins2/src/theme_loader.cpp
-+++ b/modules/gui/skins2/src/theme_loader.cpp
-@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@
-     {
-         void *toClose = currentGzVp;
-         currentGzVp = NULL;  currentGzFd = -1;
--        return gzclose( toClose );
-+        return gzclose( (gzFile) toClose );
-     }
-     return -1;
- }
-@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
- {
-     if( currentGzVp != NULL && fd != -1 )
-     {
--        return gzread( currentGzVp, p_buffer, i_length );
-+        return gzread( (gzFile) currentGzVp, p_buffer, i_length );
-     }
-     return -1;
- }
-@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
- {
-     if( currentGzVp != NULL && fd != -1 )
-     {
--        return gzwrite( currentGzVp, const_cast<void*>(p_buffer), i_length );
-+        return gzwrite( (gzFile) currentGzVp, const_cast<void*>(p_buffer), i_length );
-     }
-     return -1;
- }