diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/km/kmscon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/km/kmscon/package.nix
index afa8e2909951..36c7d867af7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/km/kmscon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/km/kmscon/package.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     docbook_xsl
     pkg-config
     libxslt # xsltproc
+    docbook_xml_dtd_42
   ];
 
   outputs = [
@@ -72,14 +73,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./sandbox.patch # Generate system units where they should be (nix store) instead of /etc/systemd/system
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    for i in ./docs/man/*.in; do
-      substituteInPlace "''${i}" \
-        --replace-fail "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" \
-                       "${docbook_xml_dtd_42}/xml/dtd/docbook/docbookx.dtd"
-    done
-  '';
-
   postFixup = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/kmscon \
       --replace-fail "awk" "${lib.getExe gawk}"