diff --git a/distros/ros2-overlay.nix b/distros/ros2-overlay.nix
index 775652ab09..200bf8bdc9 100644
--- a/distros/ros2-overlay.nix
+++ b/distros/ros2-overlay.nix
@@ -181,10 +181,4 @@ rosSelf: rosSuper: with rosSelf.lib; {
       broken = true;
     };
   });
-
-  yaml-cpp-vendor = patchVendorUrl rosSuper.yaml-cpp-vendor {
-    url = "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/0f9a586ca1dc29c2ecb8dd715a315b93e3f40f79.zip";
-    sha256 = "1g45f71mk4gyca550177qf70v5cvavlsalmg7x8bi59j6z6f0mgz";
-  };
-
 }