diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-checksums/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-checksums/default.nix
index ea3633d2e4d9..d4ba15e52db4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-checksums/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-checksums/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fetchpatch }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "aws-checksums";
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  # can be removed once https://github.com/awslabs/aws-checksums/pull/40 gets merged, and version bumped
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-checksums/pull/40/commits/fb5a57b3c072bd88e45de76fbb76bdc89c67b193.patch";
-      sha256 = "056f9kyg1c4lwjq8n0r28w1n3zbwrwpi1wbqabk99gaayg46x35a";
-    })
-  ];
-
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {