diff --git a/pkgs/shells/fish/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/fish/default.nix
index c53a9ed0fe2d..ad63de3b81d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/fish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/fish/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , lib
 , fetchurl
 , coreutils
-, util-linux
 , which
 , gnused
 , gnugrep
@@ -253,8 +252,6 @@ let
       EOF
 
     '' + optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-      sed -e "s| ul| ${util-linux}/bin/ul|" \
-          -i "$out/share/fish/functions/__fish_print_help.fish"
       for cur in $out/share/fish/functions/*.fish; do
         sed -e "s|/usr/bin/getent|${getent}/bin/getent|" \
             -i "$cur"