diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia/builder.sh
index 08b1a16606e9..00d70d6198f2 100755
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia/builder.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ unpackFile() {
 }
 
 
-patchPhase() {
-    (cd usr/src/nv && patch -p3 < $patch)
-}
-
-
 buildPhase=myBuildPhase
 myBuildPhase() {
     echo "Building linux driver against kernel: " $kernel;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia/default.nix
index d2a3689c0dea..604602736743 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 let 
 
-  versionNumber = "169.12";
+  versionNumber = "173.14.05";
 
 in
 
@@ -12,14 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/${versionNumber}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-${versionNumber}-pkg1.run";
-    sha256 = "0bxxjp30bysqaviqjq05vmrhp17w3qn94iwwwj074qmi710zffyy";
-  };
-
-  # Fix for compiling on Linux >= 2.6.24.
-  patch = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=41498f047cfc027419df58a2559e9a7f&attachmentid=30771&d=1205875946";
-    sha256 = "17bb9yzkys1fsvf0mri3kpj1zvvqwvdcaszcl8ax9jfkxbd47m9n";
-    name = "nvidia-2.5.24.patch";
+    sha256 = "14r3zddrppd0zxq76dd08dlj4qqncr7fj9cnrny4f0b5d0qgrd3f";
   };
 
   #xenPatch = ./nvidia-2.6.24-xen.patch;