diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
index 7ee4481..72be1cc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/Dockerfile.build
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		libc6-dev-armel-cross \
 		libc6-dev-armhf-cross \
 		libc6-dev-i386-cross \
-		libc6-dev-mips64el-cross \
 		libc6-dev-ppc64el-cross \
 		libc6-dev-riscv64-cross \
 		libc6-dev-s390x-cross \
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi \
 		gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
 		gcc-i686-linux-gnu \
-		gcc-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 \
 		gcc-powerpc64le-linux-gnu \
 		gcc-riscv64-linux-gnu \
 		gcc-s390x-linux-gnu \
@@ -73,9 +71,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 WORKDIR /usr/src/hello
 COPY . .
 
-# https://bugs.debian.org/1050429: error: unrecognized command-line option '-EL' (on mips64le specifically/only)
-RUN patch --input="$PWD/musl-gcc-mips64le.patch" /usr/local/src/musl/tools/musl-gcc.specs.sh
-
 # the following steps are grouped into "architecture families" and roughly ordered in a descending compatibility way such that we end up with the most accurate ".host-arch" symlink we can reasonably get
 
 RUN set -ex; \
@@ -114,12 +109,6 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 #		EXTRA_CFLAGS='-march=armv5te' \
 		ARCH_TEST='armel'
 
-RUN set -ex; \
-	make clean all test \
-		TARGET_ARCH='mips64le' \
-		CROSS_COMPILE='mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-' \
-		ARCH_TEST='mips64el'
-
 RUN set -ex; \
 	make clean all test \
 		TARGET_ARCH='ppc64le' \
diff --git a/mips64le/Dockerfile b/mips64le/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index d4ff707..0000000
--- a/mips64le/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-FROM scratch
-COPY hello /
-CMD ["/hello"]
diff --git a/mips64le/hello b/mips64le/hello
deleted file mode 100755
index 0d81961..0000000
Binary files a/mips64le/hello and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/musl-gcc-mips64le.patch b/musl-gcc-mips64le.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ef09070..0000000
--- a/musl-gcc-mips64le.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Origin: https://bugs.debian.org/1050429#64
-
---- tools/musl-gcc.specs.sh	2024-03-01 02:07:33.000000000 +0000
-+++ tools/musl-gcc.specs.sh.new	2025-06-17 21:19:01.669504848 +0000
-@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
- ldso=$3
- cat <<EOF
- %rename cpp_options old_cpp_options
-+%rename cc1 old_cc1
- 
- *cpp_options:
- -nostdinc -isystem $incdir -isystem include%s %(old_cpp_options)
- 
- *cc1:
--%(cc1_cpu) -nostdinc -isystem $incdir -isystem include%s
-+-nostdinc -isystem $incdir -isystem include%s %(old_cc1)
- 
- *link_libgcc:
- -L$libdir -L .%s