diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/llvmlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/llvmlite/default.nix
index 10a89f2392c0..187387f0f5b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/llvmlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/llvmlite/default.nix
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     setuptools
   ];
 
-  # Disable static linking
-  # https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/issues/93
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace ffi/Makefile.linux --replace "-static-libstdc++" ""
-
     substituteInPlace llvmlite/tests/test_binding.py --replace "test_linux" "nope"
   '';