diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
index 5188ce637959..38173eb4fe00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
@@ -59,16 +59,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/39687
   hardeningDisable = lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang "strictoverflow";
 
-  # For OSX, we need to add a dependency on libcxx, which provides
-  # `complex.h` and other libraries that pandas depends on to build.
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    cpp_sdk="${lib.getDev libcxx}/include/c++/v1";
-    echo "Adding $cpp_sdk to the setup.py common_include variable"
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "['pandas/src/klib', 'pandas/src']" \
-                "['pandas/src/klib', 'pandas/src', '$cpp_sdk']"
-  '';
-
   doCheck = !stdenv.isAarch32 && !stdenv.isAarch64; # upstream doesn't test this architecture
 
   # don't max out build cores, it breaks tests