diff --git a/external/fontconfig/UnpackedTarball_fontconfig.mk b/external/fontconfig/UnpackedTarball_fontconfig.mk
index 4556883521f9..19b093e7ca39 100644
--- a/external/fontconfig/UnpackedTarball_fontconfig.mk
+++ b/external/fontconfig/UnpackedTarball_fontconfig.mk
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,fontconfig,\
 ))
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(OS),MACOSX)
-$(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,fontconfig,\
-	external/fontconfig/locale_t_macOS.patch.1 \
-))
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(OS),LINUX)
 $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,fontconfig,\
 	external/fontconfig/fontconfig_deprecated.new.patch.1 \
diff --git a/external/fontconfig/locale_t_macOS.patch.1 b/external/fontconfig/locale_t_macOS.patch.1
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d813bec295b..000000000000
--- a/external/fontconfig/locale_t_macOS.patch.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur fontconfig.org/src/fcint.h fontconfig/src/fcint.h
---- fontconfig.org/src/fcint.h	2026-07-19 16:48:28.916116391 +0200
-+++ fontconfig/src/fcint.h	2026-07-19 16:50:01.131629047 +0200
-@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
- #  include <config.h>
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef HAVE_XLOCALE_H
-+#include <xlocale.h>
-+#endif
-+
- #include "fcstdint.h"
- 
- #include <assert.h>