diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-darwin-ldflags-before.sh b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-darwin-ldflags-before.sh
index 0a2961bbe46ecc..127f83e303a33d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-darwin-ldflags-before.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/add-darwin-ldflags-before.sh
@@ -85,13 +85,3 @@ mangleVarSingle DEVELOPER_DIR ${role_suffixes[@]+"${role_suffixes[@]}"}
 # Allow wrapped bintools to do something useful when no `DEVELOPER_DIR` is set, which can happen when
 # the compiler is run outside of a stdenv or intentionally in an environment with no environment variables set.
 DEVELOPER_DIR=${DEVELOPER_DIR_@suffixSalt@:-@fallback_sdk@}
-
-# Darwin looks for frameworks in the SDK located at `DEVELOPER_DIR`.
-extraBefore+=("-F$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks")
-extraBefore+=("-L$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib")
-
-# While the Swift wrapper should take care of this, anything that needs to link Swift auto-linked frameworks
-# also needs these paths. Note: Test and conditionally add it because the path may not exist in older SDKs.
-if [ -d "$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib/swift" ]; then
-    extraBefore+=("-L$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib/swift")
-fi
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ld64/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ld64/package.nix
index b5900f3576acf9..d3dfe3b8b7e6dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ld64/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ld64/package.nix
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./0006-Add-libcd_is_blob_a_linker_signature-implementation.patch
     # Add OpenSSL implementation of CoreCrypto digest functions. Avoids use of private and non-free APIs.
     ./0007-Add-OpenSSL-based-CoreCrypto-digest-functions.patch
-    # ld64 will search `/usr/lib`, `/Library/Frameworks`, etc by default. Disable that.
-    ./0008-Disable-searching-in-standard-library-locations.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''