diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/eom/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/eom/default.nix
index 6f680692aa97..01566f483a6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/eom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/eom/default.nix
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
-  # FIXME: ugly hack for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/389009
-  postConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace libtool \
-      --replace-warn 'for search_ext in .la $std_shrext .so .a' 'for search_ext in $std_shrext .so .a'
-  '';
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.updateScript = mateUpdateScript { inherit pname; };