diff --git a/nix/pkgs/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/default.nix
index 47d8f3fb86..2f29144a7b 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@ let
   urbit       = mkUrbit { debug = false; };
   urbit-debug = mkUrbit { debug = true; };
 
-  urbit-large-log = pkgs.stdenv.lib.overrideDerivation urbit (_: {
-    patches = [
-      ./urbit/patches/large-log-limit.patch
-      ./urbit/patches/vere-version-label.patch
-    ];
-    patchFlags = "-p3";
-  });
-
 in
 
-{ inherit ent ge-additions arvo arvo-ropsten herb;
-  inherit urbit urbit-debug urbit-large-log;
-}
+{ inherit ent ge-additions arvo arvo-ropsten herb urbit urbit-debug; }
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/urbit/patches/large-log-limit.patch b/nix/pkgs/urbit/patches/large-log-limit.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d88d0d52d..0000000000
--- a/nix/pkgs/urbit/patches/large-log-limit.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pkg/urbit/vere/lmdb.c b/pkg/urbit/vere/lmdb.c
-index b46cc66ee..b8f647dde 100644
---- a/pkg/urbit/vere/lmdb.c
-+++ b/pkg/urbit/vere/lmdb.c
-@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ MDB_env* u3_lmdb_init(const char* log_path)
-   // TODO: Start with forty gigabytes for the maximum event log size. We'll
-   // need to do something more sophisticated for real in the long term, though.
-   //
--  const size_t forty_gigabytes = 42949672960;
--  ret_w = mdb_env_set_mapsize(env, forty_gigabytes);
-+  const size_t sixty_gigabytes = 64424509440;
-+  ret_w = mdb_env_set_mapsize(env, sixty_gigabytes);
-   if (ret_w != 0) {
-     u3l_log("lmdb: failed to set database size: %s\n", mdb_strerror(ret_w));
-     return 0;
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/urbit/patches/vere-version-label.patch b/nix/pkgs/urbit/patches/vere-version-label.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b1778b488..0000000000
--- a/nix/pkgs/urbit/patches/vere-version-label.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pkg/urbit/configure b/pkg/urbit/configure
-index f2fddfdd6..07be9d589 100755
---- a/pkg/urbit/configure
-+++ b/pkg/urbit/configure
-@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ defmacro () {
-   echo "#define $1 $2" >>include/config.h
- }
- 
-+URBIT_VERSION="$URBIT_VERSION-llog"
-+
- defmacro URBIT_VERSION "\"$URBIT_VERSION\""
- 
- [ -n "$MEMORY_DEBUG" ]     && defmacro U3_MEMORY_DEBUG 1