diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/no-static-lib.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/no-static-lib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 95238cf88524..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/no-static-lib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index fe7abe08..acdbe0d6 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ find_program(CARGO cargo)
- 
- add_custom_command(
- 	OUTPUT
--	"target/release/libdeltachat.a"
- 	"target/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}"
- 	"target/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc"
-         COMMAND
-@@ -38,13 +37,11 @@ add_custom_target(
- 	lib_deltachat
- 	ALL
- 	DEPENDS
--	"target/release/libdeltachat.a"
- 	"target/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}"
- 	"target/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc"
- )
- 
- include(GNUInstallDirs)
- install(FILES "deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
--install(FILES "target/release/libdeltachat.a" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
- install(FILES "target/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
- install(FILES "target/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
-diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
-index a34a27ba..cf354abb 100644
---- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "std", "email"]
- 
- [lib]
- name = "deltachat"
--crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib"]
-+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
- 
- [dependencies]
- deltachat = { path = "../", default-features = false }