diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cantarell-fonts/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cantarell-fonts/package.nix
index 0fc209464ea1..b0c3a47edf08 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cantarell-fonts/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cantarell-fonts/package.nix
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     appstream-glib
   ];
 
-  # ad-hoc fix for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/50855
-  # until we fix gettext's envHook
-  preBuild = ''
-    export GETTEXTDATADIRS="$GETTEXTDATADIRS_FOR_BUILD"
-  '';
-
   outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
   outputHashMode = "recursive";
   outputHash = "sha256-OjHj4h3n+/ozbrLaiH4bGppQ+2LA2RB/sZQVO9EPOEw=";