diff --git a/overlays/element-desktop.nix b/overlays/element-desktop.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dce8b8e4..00000000
--- a/overlays/element-desktop.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-final: prev: {
-  element-desktop-search-fixed = prev.element-desktop-wayland.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-    fixupPhase = ''
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/element-desktop \
-        --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${prev.sqlcipher}/lib/libsqlcipher.so
-    '';
-  });
-}