diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/override/default.nix b/tv/5pkgs/override/default.nix
index cf99e0377..e6aae0f26 100644
--- a/tv/5pkgs/override/default.nix
+++ b/tv/5pkgs/override/default.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,4 @@ self: super: {
 
   nix-prefetch-github =
     self.python3Packages.callPackage ./nix-prefetch-github.nix {};
-
-  rxvt_unicode = self.callPackage ./rxvt_unicode.nix {
-    rxvt_unicode = super.rxvt_unicode;
-  };
 }
diff --git a/tv/5pkgs/override/rxvt_unicode.nix b/tv/5pkgs/override/rxvt_unicode.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 53aaf0658..000000000
--- a/tv/5pkgs/override/rxvt_unicode.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ fetchurl, rxvt_unicode }:
-rxvt_unicode.overrideAttrs (old: {
-  patches = old.patches ++ [
-    (fetchurl {
-      name = "rxvt-unicode.cancel-running-selection-request.patch";
-      url = "https://cgit.krebsco.de/rxvt-unicode/rawdiff/?id=15f3f94&id2=15f3f94^";
-      sha256 = "1c7jq8phl85d2f581b4mc6fkmr2nv9n44qjjs4idi51sd2hs7sxw";
-    })
-
-    # Fix segfault when calling editor-input from XMonad.
-    (fetchurl {
-      name = "rxvt-unicode.no-perl_destruct.patch";
-      url = "https://cgit.krebsco.de/rxvt-unicode/rawdiff/?id=d63f96a&id2=d63f96a^";
-      sha256 = "0fq9w4fq8mw05jk9bblzlh1x51m2cmk62xbc4c1mbiqagjmsi9f8";
-    })
-  ];
-})