diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/musl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/musl/default.nix
index c51b8b26c809..aaef5315b0f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/musl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/musl/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name    = "musl-${version}";
-  version = "1.1.17";
+  version = "1.1.18";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "http://www.musl-libc.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0r0lyp2w6v2bvm8h1si7w3p2qx037szl14qnxm5p00568z3m3an8";
+    sha256 = "0651lnj5spckqjf83nz116s8qhhydgqdy3rkl4icbh5f05fyw5yh";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "CFLAGS=-fstack-protector-strong"
   ];
 
-  patches = [];
-
   dontDisableStatic = true;
 
   meta = {