diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index ce81c1b2e8c2..8431b1823e13 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 , libtasn1, ebtables, libgcrypt, yajl, makeWrapper, pmutils, libcap_ng
 }:
 
-let version = "1.1.2"; in
+let version = "1.1.4"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libvirt-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-${version}.tar.gz";
-    md5 = "1835bbfa492099bce12e2934870e5611";
+    sha256 = "13yr9g1dk1bzzlm9h93kmavncyg6svjv3rjrv43ccl3sc37za42r";
   };
 
   buildInputs =
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       libcap_ng
     ];
 
-  # see http://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list@redhat.com/msg83693.html
-  patches = [ ./securtyfs_userns.patch ];
-
   preConfigure =
     ''
       PATH=${iproute}/sbin:${iptables}/sbin:${ebtables}/sbin:${lvm2}/sbin:${udev}/sbin:$PATH
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/securtyfs_userns.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/securtyfs_userns.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2723334f94af..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/securtyfs_userns.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
-+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
-@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ err:
- }
- 
- 
--static int lxcContainerMountBasicFS(void)
-+static int lxcContainerMountBasicFS(bool userns_enabled)
- {
-     const struct {
-         const char *src;
-@@ -801,6 +801,9 @@ static int lxcContainerMountBasicFS(void)
-             continue;
- #endif
- 
-+        if (STREQ(mnts[i].src, "securityfs") && userns_enabled)
-+            continue;
-+
-         if (virFileMakePath(mnts[i].dst) < 0) {
-             virReportSystemError(errno,
-                                  _("Failed to mkdir %s"),
-@@ -1530,7 +1533,7 @@ static int lxcContainerSetupPivotRoot(virDomainDefPtr vmDef,
-         goto cleanup;
- 
-     /* Mounts the core /proc, /sys, etc filesystems */
--    if (lxcContainerMountBasicFS() < 0)
-+    if (lxcContainerMountBasicFS(vmDef->idmap.nuidmap) < 0)
-         goto cleanup;
- 
-     /* Mounts /proc/meminfo etc sysinfo */