diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0427d1ce7b..056735f4a4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
           packages.direct-sqlcipher.patches = [
             ./scripts/nix/direct-sqlcipher-2.3.27.patch
             ./scripts/nix/direct-sqlcipher-android.patch
-            ./scripts/nix/direct-sqlcipher-err-string.patch
           ];
           packages.entropy.patches = [ ./scripts/nix/entropy.patch ];
         }
diff --git a/scripts/nix/direct-sqlcipher-err-string.patch b/scripts/nix/direct-sqlcipher-err-string.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c12c729acb..0000000000
--- a/scripts/nix/direct-sqlcipher-err-string.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/cbits/sqlite3.c b/cbits/sqlite3.c
-index 66bb609..ca32723 100644
---- a/cbits/sqlite3.c
-+++ b/cbits/sqlite3.c
-@@ -105731,7 +105731,7 @@ static unsigned int openssl_init_count = 0;
- static void sqlcipher_openssl_log_errors() {
-     unsigned long err = 0;
-     while((err = ERR_get_error()) != 0) {
--      sqlcipher_log(SQLCIPHER_LOG_ERROR, "sqlcipher_openssl_log_errors: ERR_get_error() returned %lx: %s", err, ERR_error_string(err, NULL));
-+      sqlcipher_log(SQLCIPHER_LOG_ERROR, "sqlcipher_openssl_log_errors: ERR_get_error() returned %lx: %s", err, ERR_func_error_string(err));
-     }
- }