diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpufrequtils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpufrequtils/package.nix
index c739aa6a0ca8..c13f59f03f83 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpufrequtils/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpufrequtils/package.nix
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-AFOgcYPQaUg70GJhS8YcuAgMV32mHN9+ExsGThoa8Yg=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # I am not 100% sure that this is ok, but it breaks repeatable builds.
-    ./remove-pot-creation-date.patch
-  ];
-
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -e "s@= /usr/bin/@= @g" \
       -e "s@/usr/@$out/@" \
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpufrequtils/remove-pot-creation-date.patch b/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpufrequtils/remove-pot-creation-date.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0116ed9eab0c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cp/cpufrequtils/remove-pot-creation-date.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -u cpufrequtils-008/Makefile cpufrequtils-008.new/Makefile
---- cpufrequtils-008/Makefile	2012-05-06 01:17:18.000000000 +0200
-+++ cpufrequtils-008.new/Makefile	2013-08-16 20:52:29.961086536 +0200
-@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@
- 	@xgettext --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) --add-comments \
- 		--keyword=_ --keyword=N_ $(UTIL_SRC) && \
- 	test -f $(PACKAGE).po && \
--	mv -f $(PACKAGE).po po/$(PACKAGE).pot
-+	mv -f $(PACKAGE).po po/$(PACKAGE).pot && \
-+        sed -i -e'/POT-Creation/d' po/*.pot
- 
- update-gmo: po/$(PACKAGE).pot
- 	 @for HLANG in $(LANGUAGES); do \
-@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@
- 			echo "msgmerge for $$HLANG failed!"; \
- 			rm -f po/$$HLANG.new.po; \
- 		fi; \
-+		sed -i -e'/POT-Creation/d' po/*.po; \
- 		msgfmt --statistics -o po/$$HLANG.gmo po/$$HLANG.po; \
- 	done;
- 
-Common subdirectories: cpufrequtils-008/man and cpufrequtils-008.new/man
-Common subdirectories: cpufrequtils-008/po and cpufrequtils-008.new/po
-Common subdirectories: cpufrequtils-008/utils and cpufrequtils-008.new/utils