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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
index c4a4c497ced..98746968146 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
, splitStaticOutput ? static
}:
+# Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
+# cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
+# cgit) that are needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as
+# files.
+
assert splitStaticOutput -> static;
stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {