diff --git a/nix/overlays/nixpkgs.nix b/nix/overlays/nixpkgs.nix
index 2388b4cf..e4956125 100644
--- a/nix/overlays/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/nix/overlays/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -5,18 +5,7 @@ final: prev:
 let
   pkgsFrom = args: import (prev.fetchFromGitHub args) { inherit (prev) config system; };
 in
-{
-  nix-update = prev.nix-update.overrideAttrs (old: {
-    patches = (old.patches or [ ]) ++ [
-      # github: Add fallback to atom feed if project does not use releases
-      (prev.fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update/commit/7840def89c26efbb9039efbd4e631b1ade4b2956.patch";
-        hash = "sha256-yUzrwlauSA+2cI0/o4Y09fneGmx7QPB+I5ac9P2L5Xo=";
-      })
-    ];
-  });
-}
-// prev.lib.optionalAttrs prev.stdenv.isDarwin {
+prev.lib.optionalAttrs prev.stdenv.isDarwin {
   inherit
     (pkgsFrom {
       owner = "NixOS";