diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7.79.1-darwin-no-systemconfiguration.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7.79.1-darwin-no-systemconfiguration.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d97338a1fe9c..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/7.79.1-darwin-no-systemconfiguration.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-On darwin, providing SystemConfiguration to curl currently results in a
-reference loop, so we have to disable the check for it and the feature
-which requires it (NAT64).
-
-Patching actual configure script here as we also don't want to require
-autoconf in the bootstrap loop just to regenerate a patched configure.ac.
-
---- a/configure   2021-10-16 00:51:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/configure   2021-10-16 01:06:46.000000000 +0100
-@@ -20810,7 +20810,7 @@
-     if test "x$build_for_macos" != xno; then
-       { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
- printf "%s\n" "yes" >&6; }
--      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework CoreFoundation -framework SystemConfiguration"
-+      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework CoreFoundation"
-     else
-       { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
- printf "%s\n" "no" >&6; }
-@@ -22211,9 +22211,6 @@
- fi
- 
- 
--if test "$HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME" != "1"; then
--  as_fn_error $? "couldn't find libraries for gethostbyname()" "$LINENO" 5
--fi
- 
- 
- curl_includes_winsock2="\
-diff --git a/lib/curl_setup.h b/lib/curl_setup.h
-index b43714da7..7674778b7 100644
---- a/lib/curl_setup.h
-+++ b/lib/curl_setup.h
-@@ -250,20 +250,6 @@
- 
- #include <curl/system.h>
- 
--/*
-- * Use getaddrinfo to resolve the IPv4 address literal. If the current network
-- * interface doesn't support IPv4, but supports IPv6, NAT64, and DNS64,
-- * performing this task will result in a synthesized IPv6 address.
-- */
--#if defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(USE_ARES)
--#include <TargetConditionals.h>
--#define USE_RESOLVE_ON_IPS 1
--#  if TARGET_OS_MAC && !(defined(TARGET_OS_IPHONE) && TARGET_OS_IPHONE) && \
--     defined(ENABLE_IPV6)
--#    define CURL_MACOS_CALL_COPYPROXIES 1
--#  endif
--#endif
--
- #ifdef USE_LWIPSOCK
- #  include <lwip/init.h>
- #  include <lwip/sockets.h>
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index aced6d6653a94..8b9c56532ad38 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, perl, nixosTests
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, darwin, pkg-config, perl, nixosTests
 , brotliSupport ? false, brotli
 , c-aresSupport ? false, c-aresMinimal
 , gnutlsSupport ? false, gnutls
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-N21id2fWxPBRBattSXsNmrpxEXcN2dmVIlR4IJw36mM=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./7.79.1-darwin-no-systemconfiguration.patch
-  ];
-
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" "man" "devdoc" ];
   separateDebugInfo = stdenv.isLinux;
 
@@ -68,6 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.configd ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config perl ];
 
   # Zlib and OpenSSL must be propagated because `libcurl.la' contains