diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/keyutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/keyutils/default.nix
index f307bd56d1cf..88410654f3b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/keyutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/keyutils/default.nix
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
-    (fetchurl {
-      # improve reproducibility
-      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/keyutils/raw/4cecffcb8e2a2aa4ef41777ed40e4e4bcfb2e5bf/debian/patches/Make-build-reproducible.patch";
-      sha256 = "0wnvbjfrbk7rghd032z684l7vk7mhy3bd41zvhkrhgp3cd5id0bm";
-    })
     ./conf-symlink.patch
     # This patch solves a duplicate symbol error when building with a clang stdenv
     # Before removing this patch, please ensure the package still builds by running eg.
@@ -29,9 +24,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic "NO_SOLIB=1";
 
-  BUILDDATE = "1970-01-01";
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/packages/keyutils/trunk/reproducible.patch
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace \
+        'VCPPFLAGS	:= -DPKGBUILD="\"$(shell date -u +%F)\""' \
+        'VCPPFLAGS	:= -DPKGBUILD="\"$(date -ud "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" +%F)\""'
+  '';
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   installFlags = [