diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/npm-patches.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/npm-patches.nix
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index 28432f806dc6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/npm-patches.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchpatch }:
-
-[
-  # Makes `npm pack` obey `--foreground-scripts`
-  (fetchpatch {
-    name = "libnpmpack-obey-foreground-scripts.patch";
-    url = "https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/e4e8ae20aef9e27e57282e87e8757d5b364abb39.patch";
-    hash = "sha256-NQ8CZBfRqAOMe0Ysg3cq1FiferWKTzXC1QXgzX+f8OU=";
-    stripLen = 2;
-    extraPrefix = "deps/npm/node_modules/";
-    includes = [ "deps/npm/node_modules/libnpmpack/lib/index.js" ];
-  })
-
-  # Makes `npm pack` obey `--ignore-scripts`
-  (fetchpatch {
-    name = "libnpmpack-obey-ignore-scripts.patch";
-    url = "https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/a990c3c9a0e67f0a8b6454213675e159fe49432d.patch";
-    hash = "sha256-eA5YST9RxMMjk5FCwEbl1HQUpXZuwWZkx5WC4yJium8=";
-    stripLen = 2;
-    extraPrefix = "deps/npm/node_modules/";
-    includes = [ "deps/npm/node_modules/libnpmpack/lib/index.js" ];
-  })
-]