diff --git a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
index 226755b14c9e..fe8f95ecdf36 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # increase string length to allow for full
     # path of 'echo' in nix store
     ./common-env-echo.patch
-    # Required for configure to pick up the right dlopen path
-    ./pmix-configure.patch
   ];
 
   prePatch = ''
@@ -72,6 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--sysconfdir=/etc/slurm"
       "--with-pmix=${pmix}"
       "--with-bpf=${libbpf}"
+      "--without-rpath" # Required for configure to pick up the right dlopen path
     ] ++ (optional enableGtk2  "--disable-gtktest")
       ++ (optional (!enableX11) "--disable-x11");
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/pmix-configure.patch b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/pmix-configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 21c2197c3ff1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/pmix-configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index 1cf53bc..ab68441 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -21207,7 +21207,7 @@ rm -f conftest.err conftest.i conftest.$ac_ext
-                 as_fn_error $? "error processing $x_ac_cv_pmix_libdir: PMIx v3.x was already found in one of the previous paths" "$LINENO" 5
-               fi
-               _x_ac_pmix_v3_found="1"
--              PMIX_V3_CPPFLAGS="-I$x_ac_cv_pmix_dir/include"
-+              PMIX_V3_CPPFLAGS="-I$x_ac_cv_pmix_dir/include -DPMIXP_V3_LIBPATH=\\\"$x_ac_cv_pmix_libdir\\\""
-               if test "$ac_with_rpath" = "yes"; then
-                 PMIX_V3_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath -Wl,$x_ac_cv_pmix_libdir -L$x_ac_cv_pmix_libdir"
-               else