diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix
index 58c59aae3cb4..0f31217d315b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, inputproto, libXt, libXpm, libXft, fontconfig,
 	libXtst, xextproto, readline}:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "ratpoison-1.4.3";
+  name = "ratpoison-1.4.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ratpoison/ratpoison-1.4.3.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "15y3hi4dc7f98mhhpms22ahmh8lbzhyqli878z3fgrix4z7vr4fz";
+    url = http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ratpoison/ratpoison-1.4.5.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "7391079db20b8613eecfd81d64d243edc9d3c586750c8f2da2bb9db14d260f03";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./fix-rpws.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [libX11 inputproto libXt
 	 libXpm libXft fontconfig libXtst
 	xextproto readline];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/fix-rpws.patch b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/fix-rpws.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e2c789ca0145..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/fix-rpws.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-*** ratpoison-1.4.3/contrib/rpws.orig	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
---- ratpoison-1.4.3/contrib/rpws	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-***************
-*** 60,66 ****
-      rp_call( "only" );
-
-      my $i;
-!     for( my $i = 1; $i < $num; $i++ )
-      {
-          ws_init_ws( $i );
-      }
---- 60,66 ----
-      rp_call( "only" );
-
-      my $i;
-!     for( my $i = 1; $i <= $num; $i++ )
-      {
-          ws_init_ws( $i );
-      }