diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf/template b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf/template
index 3630b67f2dc..078c25101a8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf/template
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ _gcc_bootstrap() {
 _glibc_headers() {
 	[ -f ${wrksrc}/.glibc_headers_done ] && return 0
 
-	cd ${wrksrc}/glibc-${_glibc_version}
-	_apply_patch ${FILESDIR}/glibc-2.18-xattr-compat-hack.patch
-
 	cd ${wrksrc}
 	msg_normal "Building cross glibc headers\n"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf7/template b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf7/template
index 40384ea6d8b..c37485c82e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf7/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabihf7/template
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ _gcc_bootstrap() {
 _glibc_headers() {
 	[ -f ${wrksrc}/.glibc_headers_done ] && return 0
 
-	cd ${wrksrc}/glibc-${_glibc_version}
-	_apply_patch ${FILESDIR}/glibc-2.18-xattr-compat-hack.patch
-
 	cd ${wrksrc}
 	msg_normal "Building cross glibc headers\n"