diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
index 8f547534cabd..a7aa4eae44f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
   unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     inherit pname version src sourceRoot dontFixup;
@@ -135,9 +134,6 @@ let
 
       # this fixes bundled ripgrep
       chmod +x resources/app/node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep/bin/rg
-    '' + lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder version "1.78.0" && stdenv.isLinux) ''
-      # see https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/commit/4da5959
-      chmod +x resources/app/node_modules/node-pty/build/Release/spawn-helper
     '';
 
     inherit meta;