1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
index 64b9fe98278b..6d6b43c5f8d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ./locale_archive.patch
       ./fix-host-key-algorithms-plus.patch
       ./CVE-2015-8325.patch
+
+      # See discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/16966
+      ./dont_create_privsep_path.patch
     ]
     ++ optional withGssapiPatches gssapiSrc;
 
@@ -66,11 +69,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-libutil"
     ++ optional (!linkOpenssl) "--without-openssl";
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlagsArray+=("--with-privsep-path=$out/empty")
-    mkdir -p $out/empty
-  '';
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postInstall = ''