diff --git a/srcpkgs/fish-shell/files/no-glibc-check.patch b/srcpkgs/fish-shell/files/no-glibc-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 53bec9ebb35..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/fish-shell/files/no-glibc-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-Remove configure tests which fail when cross building.
-
---- configure.ac.orig	2015-09-09 21:49:50.021403972 +0200
-+++ configure.ac	2015-09-09 21:50:04.759403929 +0200
-@@ -226,49 +226,6 @@
- esac
- 
- #
--# If we are compiling against glibc, set some flags to work around
--# some rather stupid attempts to hide prototypes for *wprintf
--# functions, as well as prototypes of various gnu extensions.
--#
--
--AC_MSG_CHECKING([if we are compiling against glibc])
--AC_RUN_IFELSE(
--  [
--    AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
--      [
--        #include <stdlib.h>
--        #ifdef __GLIBC__
--        #define STATUS 0
--        #else
--        #define STATUS 1
--        #endif
--      ],
--      [
--        return STATUS;
--      ]
--    )
--  ],
--  [glibc=yes],
--  [glibc=no]
--)
--
--if test "$glibc" = yes; then
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
--
--  #
--  # This gives us access to prototypes for gnu extensions and C99
--  # functions if we are compiling agains glibc. All GNU extensions
--  # that are used must have a fallback implementation available in
--  # fallback.h, in order to keep fish working on non-gnu platforms.
--  #
--
--  CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_ISO99_SOURCE=1"
--else
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
--fi
--
--
--#
- # Test cpu for special handling of ppc
- #
- # This is used to skip use of tputs on ppc systems, since it seemed to
-@@ -537,44 +494,6 @@
- 
- 
- #
--# Check if realpath accepts null for its second argument
--#
--
--AC_MSG_CHECKING([if realpath accepts null for its second argument])
--AC_RUN_IFELSE(
--  [
--    AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
--      [
--        #include <limits.h>
--        #include <errno.h>
--        #include <stdlib.h>
--      ],
--      [
--        int status;
--        char *res;
--        res = realpath( "somefile", 0 );
--        status = !(res != 0 || errno == ENOENT);
--        exit( status );
--      ]
--    )
--  ],
--  [have_realpath_null=yes],
--  [have_realpath_null=no]
--)
--
--if test "$have_realpath_null" = yes; then
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
--  AC_DEFINE(
--    [HAVE_REALPATH_NULL],
--    [1],
--    [Define to 1 if realpath accepts null for its second argument.]
--  )
--else
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
--fi
--
--
--#
- # Check if struct winsize and TIOCGWINSZ exist
- #
- 
-@@ -607,41 +526,6 @@
- )
- 
- 
--#
--# If we have a fwprintf in libc, test that it actually works. As of
--# March 2006, it is broken under DragonFly BSD.
--#
--
--if test "$ac_cv_func_fwprintf" = yes; then
--
--  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if fwprintf is broken])
--  AC_RUN_IFELSE(
--    [
--      AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
--        [
--          #include <stdlib.h>
--          #include <stdio.h>
--          #include <locale.h>
--          #include <wchar.h>
--        ],
--        [
--          setlocale( LC_ALL, "" );
--          fwprintf( stderr, L"%ls%ls", L"", L"fish:" );
--        ]
--      )
--    ],
--    [
--      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
--    ],
--    [
--      AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
--      AC_DEFINE([HAVE_BROKEN_FWPRINTF], [1], [Define to 1 one if the implemented fwprintf is broken])
--    ]
--  )
--
--fi
--
--
- # Check for _nl_msg_cat_cntr symbol
- AC_MSG_CHECKING([for _nl_msg_cat_cntr symbol])
- AC_TRY_LINK(
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fish-shell/template b/srcpkgs/fish-shell/template
index 06ae123ef8a..2aa3d20d7c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fish-shell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fish-shell/template
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		;;
 	esac
 fi
+
 pre_configure() {
-	if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		patch -p0 < ${FILESDIR}/no-glibc-check.patch
-	fi
 	autoreconf -fi
 }