diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
index 0079aa79a22b..56942d6d4201 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iputils/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , meson, ninja, pkg-config, gettext, libxslt, docbook_xsl_ns
 , libcap, libidn2
 }:
 
-with lib;
-
 let
-  version = "20200821";
+  version = "20210202";
   sunAsIsLicense = {
     fullName = "AS-IS, SUN MICROSYSTEMS license";
     url = "https://github.com/iputils/iputils/blob/s${version}/rdisc.c";
@@ -18,18 +16,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "s${version}";
-    sha256 = "1jhbcz75a4ij1myyyi110ma1d8d5hpm3scz9pyw7js6qym50xvh4";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "08j2hfgnfh31vv9rn1ml7090j2lsvm9wdpdz13rz60rmyzrx9dq3";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Proposed upstream patch to reduce dependency on systemd: https://github.com/iputils/iputils/pull/297
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/iputils/iputils/commit/13d6aefd57fd471ecad06e19073dcc44608dff5e.patch";
-      sha256 = "1n62zxmzp7hgz9qapbbpqv3fxqvc3qyd2a73jhp357x6by84kj49";
-    })
-  ];
-
   mesonFlags = [
     "-DBUILD_RARPD=true"
     "-DBUILD_TRACEROUTE6=true"
@@ -39,13 +29,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DINSTALL_SYSTEMD_UNITS=true"
   ]
     # Disable idn usage w/musl (https://github.com/iputils/iputils/pull/111):
-    ++ optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "-DUSE_IDN=false";
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "-DUSE_IDN=false";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config gettext libxslt.bin docbook_xsl_ns ];
   buildInputs = [ libcap ]
-    ++ optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) libidn2;
+    ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) libidn2;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "A set of small useful utilities for Linux networking";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     changelog = "https://github.com/iputils/iputils/releases/tag/s${version}";