diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/patches/v8-icu59.patch b/srcpkgs/nodejs/patches/v8-icu59.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a89325e0d9f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/patches/v8-icu59.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-https://codereview.chromium.org/2738503008
-
---- deps/v8/src/i18n.cc.orig
-+++ deps/v8/src/i18n.cc
-@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@
- #include "unicode/ucol.h"
- #include "unicode/ucurr.h"
- #include "unicode/unum.h"
-+#include "unicode/uvernum.h"
- #include "unicode/uversion.h"
- 
-+#if U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM >= 59
-+#include "unicode/char16ptr.h"
-+#endif
-+
- namespace v8 {
- namespace internal {
- 
-@@ -270,8 +275,13 @@ icu::DecimalFormat* CreateICUNumberFormat(
-       }
- 
-       UErrorCode status_digits = U_ZERO_ERROR;
-+#if U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM >= 59
-       uint32_t fraction_digits = ucurr_getDefaultFractionDigits(
--        currency.getTerminatedBuffer(), &status_digits);
-+          icu::toUCharPtr(currency.getTerminatedBuffer()), &status_digits);
-+#else
-+      uint32_t fraction_digits = ucurr_getDefaultFractionDigits(
-+          currency.getTerminatedBuffer(), &status_digits);
-+#endif
-       if (U_SUCCESS(status_digits)) {
-         number_format->setMinimumFractionDigits(fraction_digits);
-         number_format->setMaximumFractionDigits(fraction_digits);
---- deps/v8/src/runtime/runtime-i18n.cc.orig
-+++ deps/v8/src/runtime/runtime-i18n.cc
-@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
- #include "unicode/uloc.h"
- #include "unicode/unistr.h"
- #include "unicode/unum.h"
-+#include "unicode/ustring.h"
- #include "unicode/uversion.h"
- 
- 
-@@ -609,10 +610,11 @@ RUNTIME_FUNCTION(Runtime_InternalCompare) {
-     String::FlatContent flat2 = string2->GetFlatContent();
-     std::unique_ptr<uc16[]> sap1;
-     std::unique_ptr<uc16[]> sap2;
--    const UChar* string_val1 = GetUCharBufferFromFlat(flat1, &sap1, length1);
--    const UChar* string_val2 = GetUCharBufferFromFlat(flat2, &sap2, length2);
--    result =
--        collator->compare(string_val1, length1, string_val2, length2, status);
-+    icu::UnicodeString string_val1(
-+        FALSE, GetUCharBufferFromFlat(flat1, &sap1, length1), length1);
-+    icu::UnicodeString string_val2(
-+        FALSE, GetUCharBufferFromFlat(flat2, &sap2, length2), length2);
-+    result = collator->compare(string_val1, string_val2, status);
-   }
-   if (U_FAILURE(status)) return isolate->ThrowIllegalOperation();
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index fd52b115e43..9880b1f0fae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ homepage="https://nodejs.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=28f2e0bd5f80ff83b244df670d577fe36c1e0f11561deee7d8bbdcbd4ead8fb2
 
-broken="Hello, seems I got bumped prematurely. Please fix me"
-
 build_options="ssl libuv http_parser icu"
 desc_option_libuv="Enable shared libuv"
 desc_option_http_parser="Enable shared http-parser"