diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsclite/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsclite/package.nix
index e103ca1b6749..0312b812f1eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsclite/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsclite/package.nix
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.mesonBool "libudev" false)
   ];
 
-  # disable building pcsc-wirecheck{,-gen} when cross compiling
-  # see also: https://github.com/LudovicRousseau/PCSC/issues/25
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/libredirect.c src/spy/libpcscspy.c \
       --replace-fail "libpcsclite_real.so.1" "$lib/lib/libpcsclite_real.so.1"