diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
index c4b1d36ce701..5a579a0505b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
@@ -9,21 +9,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "babl";
-  version = "0.1.72";
+  version = "0.1.74";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0hkagjrnza77aasa1kss5hvy37ndm50y6i7hkdn2z8hzgc4i3qb4";
+    sha256 = "03nfcvy3453xkfvsfcnsfcjf2vg2pin09qnr9jlssdysa1lhnwcs";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Apple linker does not know --version-script flag
-    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/babl/merge_requests/26
-    ./fix-darwin.patch
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/fix-darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/fix-darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eaeff63689fc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/fix-darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/babl/meson.build b/babl/meson.build
-index b551c9a..f452435 100644
---- a/babl/meson.build
-+++ b/babl/meson.build
-@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
- ]
- 
- # Linker arguments
--babl_link_args = [
-+babl_link_args = cc.get_supported_link_arguments([
-   '-Wl,--version-script,' + version_script,
--]
-+])
- if platform_win32
-   babl_link_args += '-Wl,--no-undefined'
- endif
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
index b3e8ec2e1780..45f2c96dffe5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
@@ -33,37 +33,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gegl";
-  version = "0.4.18";
+  version = "0.4.20";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
   outputBin = "dev";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.gimp.org/pub/gegl/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0r6akqnrkvxizyhyi8sv40mxm7j4bcwjb6mqjpxy0zzbbfsdyin9";
+    sha256 = "1zrxnxlhn0jmshg4n2m2xlgi886w059ynkiiihm7rpi05fs8pg93";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # Fix arch detection.
-    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/merge_requests/53
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/commit/6bcf95fd0f32cf5e8b1ddbe17b14d9ad049bded8.patch";
-      sha256 = "0aqdr3y5mr47wq44jnhp97188bvpjlf56zrlmn8aazdf07r2apma";
-    })
-
-    # Fix Darwin build.
-    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/merge_requests/54
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/commit/2bc06bfedee4fb25f6a966c8235b75292e24e55f.patch";
-      sha256 = "1psls61wsrdq5pzpvj22mrm46lpzrw3wkx6li7dv6fyb65wz2n4d";
-    })
-
-    # Fix test timeout. Downstream debian patch.
-    (fetchpatch {
-      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
   ];