diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/captree.nix b/hosts/common/programs/captree.nix
index e5be22e2e..5309b72a4 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/captree.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/captree.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
   sane.programs.captree = {
-    packageUnwrapped = pkgs.linkBinIntoOwnPackage pkgs.libcap-with-captree "captree";
+    packageUnwrapped = pkgs.linkBinIntoOwnPackage pkgs.libcap "captree";
     sandbox.keepPidsAndProc = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/libcap-with-captree/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/libcap-with-captree/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c17e248e6..000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/libcap-with-captree/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# libcap nix package should eventually ship `captree`, but until then, patch it.
-# this is a re-implementation of an outstanding PR, but in a way that doesn't force mass-rebuilds:
-# - <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/332399>
-{
-  libcap,
-  go,
-}: libcap.overrideAttrs (base: {
-  depsBuildBuild = base.depsBuildBuild ++ [ go ];
-
-  makeFlags = base.makeFlags ++ [
-    "GOLANG=yes"
-    ''GOCACHE=''${TMPDIR}/go-cache''
-    "GOARCH=${go.GOARCH}"
-    "GOOS=${go.GOOS}"
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = base.postPatch + ''
-    # disable cross compilation for artifacts which are run as part of the build
-    substituteInPlace go/Makefile \
-      --replace-fail '$(GO) run' 'GOOS= GOARCH= $(GO) run'
-  '';
-})