diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
index 407a47964c76..288ccfa194db 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
   pkg-config,
   libglut,
   gtk2,
@@ -27,6 +28,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-MkElGo1ZR0ImW/526QlDE1ePd+VOQxwkX7l+0WyZ6Vs=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia/commit/94894bed3bf98d41c5097e7829d491d8ff8d4a62.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-hEZ6BhSEx6Qm+fLisc63xSCDT6GX92AHD0BuldOhzFk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace configure.ac \
+      --replace-fail "dnl AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.15])" "AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.15])"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     autoreconfHook
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 03782cbb11c6..4b2818cdeb4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15692,7 +15692,6 @@ with pkgs;
   boinc-headless = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/boinc { headless = true; };
 
   celestia = callPackage ../applications/science/astronomy/celestia {
-    autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;
     inherit (gnome2) gtkglext;
   };