diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/telegram-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/telegram-desktop/default.nix
index bbfb477acf5d..a70a54df2833 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/telegram-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/telegram-desktop/default.nix
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   patches = [
     ./macos.patch
-    # the generated .desktop files contains references to unwrapped tdesktop, breaking scheme handling
-    # and the scheme handler is already registered in the packaged .desktop file, rendering this unnecessary
-    # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/218370
-    ./scheme.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/telegram-desktop/scheme.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/telegram-desktop/scheme.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 58aaa8a7fcb5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/telegram-desktop/scheme.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.cpp
-index e3e0de6c6..d5851bd6e 100644
---- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.cpp
-+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.cpp
-@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ void Application::run() {
- 
- void Application::autoRegisterUrlScheme() {
- 	if (!OptionSkipUrlSchemeRegister.value()) {
--		InvokeQueued(this, [] { RegisterUrlScheme(); });
- 	}
- }
-