diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix
index f4a728c9d25f..a5170edfa261 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.14.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.14.78";
+  version = "4.14.79";
 
   # modDirVersion needs to be x.y.z, will automatically add .0 if needed
   modDirVersion = if (modDirVersionArg == null) then concatStrings (intersperse "." (take 3 (splitString "." "${version}.0"))) else modDirVersionArg;
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ buildLinux (args // rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0v2cwykgd2hxlqja4yl4pq45nhd5x8917ixqq7hj1r3ry304vnpl";
+    sha256 = "0flkkgfjzs6z7hkr15lga8jvxgwn6wi885yf5wyr0zxjrqg0f6an";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ca12d0690310..4f8a7cae8719 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14014,11 +14014,6 @@ with pkgs;
         # when adding a new linux version
         kernelPatches.cpu-cgroup-v2."4.11"
         kernelPatches.modinst_arg_list_too_long
-        # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/42755
-        # Remove these xen-netfront patches once they're included in
-        # upstream! Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/42755
-        kernelPatches.xen-netfront_fix_mismatched_rtnl_unlock
-        kernelPatches.xen-netfront_update_features_after_registering_netdev
       ];
   };