diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/protobuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/protobuf/default.nix
index 38db9ef067e6..d0f8e3bba99d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/protobuf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/protobuf/default.nix
@@ -27,14 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
   sourceRoot = "${protobuf.src.name}/python";
 
-  patches = lib.optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.11") [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/da973aff2adab60a9e516d3202c111dbdde1a50f.patch";
-      stripLen = 2;
-      extraPrefix = "";
-      hash = "sha256-a/12C6yIe1tEKjsMxcfDAQ4JHolA8CzkN7sNG8ZspPs=";
-    })
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast protobuf.version "3.22") [
+  patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast protobuf.version "3.22") [
     # Replace the vendored abseil-cpp with nixpkgs'
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./use-nixpkgs-abseil-cpp.patch;