diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/0001-apple-cmake.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/0001-apple-cmake.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c4630af4aa7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/0001-apple-cmake.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
-index f42748aa..ae339946 100644
---- a/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ else()
- endif()
- 
- if (APPLE)
--    message(STATUS "[ncurses] detected Darwin, linking statically")
--    set(CURSES_LIBRARY_NAME "lib${CURSES_LIBRARY_NAME}.a")
--    set(PANEL_LIBRARY_NAME "lib${PANEL_LIBRARY_NAME}.a")
- else()
-     message(STATUS "[ncurses] not Darwin! will attempt to link against libtinfo")
-     find_library(LIBTINFO NAMES tinfo)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
index 2f60e9c257c3..273b62401e87 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musikcube/default.nix
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-bnwOxEcvRXWPuqtkv8YlpclvH/6ZtQvyvHy4mqJCwik=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./0001-apple-cmake.patch
-  ];
+  patches = []
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+      # Fix pending upstream inclusion for Darwin nixpkgs builds:
+      # https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/pull/531
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "darwin-build.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/commit/9077bb9fa6ddfe93ebb14bb8feebc8a0ef9b7ee4.patch";
+        sha256 = "sha256-Am9AGKDGMN5z+JJFJKdsBLrHf2neHFovgF/8I5EXLDA=";
+      })
+    ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake