diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
index 5a47eda36425..83038cfb7438 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
@@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ clangStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     })
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = lib.optionalString (clangStdenv.hostPlatform != clangStdenv.buildPlatform) ''
-    # Ignore gettext in cmake_prefix_path so that find_program doesn't
-    # pick up the wrong gettext. TODO: Find a better solution for
-    # this, maybe make cmake not look up executables in
-    # CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.
-    cmakeFlags+=" -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH=${lib.getBin gettext}/bin"
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     bison
     cmake