diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn2/no-bootstrap-reference.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn2/no-bootstrap-reference.nix
index ff8c47915067..773dfb6efe0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn2/no-bootstrap-reference.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn2/no-bootstrap-reference.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   libidn2,
   libunistring,
   runCommandLocal,
-  patchelf,
 }:
 # Construct a copy of libidn2.* where all (transitive) libc references (in .bin)
 # get replaced by a new one, so that there's no reference to bootstrap tools.
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index c9b64c3086e8..64070e7747f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -853,7 +853,6 @@ in
               inherit (self)
                 stdenv
                 runCommandLocal
-                patchelf
                 libunistring
                 ;
             };