diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsodium/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsodium/default.nix
index 5ecd27f60078..4570b10db39c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsodium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsodium/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       url  = "https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/ffd1e374989197b44d815ac8b5d8f0b43b6ce534.patch";
       hash = "sha256-jG0VirIoFBwYmRx6zHSu2xe6pXYwbeqNVhPJxO6eJEY=";
     })
-  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMinGW ./mingw-no-fortify.patch;
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsodium/mingw-no-fortify.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsodium/mingw-no-fortify.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e13a801f8db7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsodium/mingw-no-fortify.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur libsodium-1.0.18-orig/configure.ac libsodium-1.0.18/configure.ac
---- libsodium-1.0.18-orig/configure.ac	2019-05-30 16:20:24.000000000 -0400
-+++ libsodium-1.0.18/configure.ac	2021-08-11 08:09:54.653907245 -0400
-@@ -217,11 +217,6 @@
- 
- AC_CHECK_DEFINE([__wasi__], [WASI="yes"], [])
- 
--AC_CHECK_DEFINE([_FORTIFY_SOURCE], [], [
--  AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2],
--    [CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"])
--])
--
- AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fvisibility=hidden],
-   [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden"])
-