diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
index 1bdf557f399d..288092780555 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gegl/raw/9b7520b38d87cd8ad4b39bf0b8c62d011da25169/debian/patches/increase_test_timeout.patch";
       sha256 = "1prc1h1aipjd9db0i1j7nzga4zvk3vl8qsjpz1jzv1wwvz02isly";
     })
+
+    # Remove gegl:simple / backend-file test that times out frequently
+    ./patches/no-simple-backend-file-test.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/patches/no-simple-backend-file-test.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/patches/no-simple-backend-file-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf07572182b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/patches/no-simple-backend-file-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/tests/simple/meson.build b/tests/simple/meson.build
+index 2c735d80a..ae4d50f2a 100644
+--- a/tests/simple/meson.build
++++ b/tests/simple/meson.build
+@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
+ testnames = [
+-  'backend-file',
+   'buffer-cast',
+   'buffer-changes',
+   'buffer-extract',