diff --git a/pkgs/gazebo/default.nix b/pkgs/gazebo/default.nix
index ce652063eb..2817746056 100644
--- a/pkgs/gazebo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/gazebo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, mkDerivation, fetchurl, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config, ronn, libGL
+{ lib, mkDerivation, fetchurl, cmake, pkg-config, ronn, libGL
 , openal, hdf5, curl, tinyxml, tinyxml-2, libtar, gts, libusb1, qtbase, gdal
 , libuuid, graphviz, libsForQt5, freeimage, boost, protobuf, sdformat, tbb
 , ogre1_9, ffmpeg, ignition, ignition-cmake ? ignition.cmake0
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-fphCwEbJ4HVTVbJ0wkCoq79Olivnznt/WRlOX0tYT0U=";
   };
 
-  # Fix build with Protobuf >= 22
-  # patches = [ (fetchpatch {
-  #  url = "https://github.com/gazebosim/gazebo-classic/commit/17e09f574a4f39caff279cd70364cd1a3ea46f70.patch";
-  #  hash = "sha256-YrepsP3TOQsJaF+rIF4CmfEHSRfL2j9dqQCmd1UR2b8=";
-  # }) ];
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_HOST_CFLAGS=False" ];