diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/crystal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/crystal/default.nix
index 52557ca4a64a..2386f0eabe2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/crystal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/crystal/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , callPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , lib
 , substituteAll
   # Dependencies
@@ -99,16 +98,7 @@ let
             src = ./tzdata.patch;
             inherit tzdata;
           })
-        ]
-        ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder version "1.2.0") [
-        # add support for DWARF5 debuginfo, fixes builds on recent compilers
-        # the PR is 8 commits from 2019, so just fetch the whole thing
-        # and hope it doesn't change
-        (fetchpatch {
-          url = "https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/pull/11399.patch";
-          sha256 = "sha256-CjNpkQQ2UREADmlyLUt7zbhjXf0rTjFhNbFYLwJKkc8=";
-        })
-      ];
+        ];
 
       outputs = [ "out" "lib" "bin" ];