diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/configure.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b4933313a51a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-1. librte_process_info does not exist.
-2. lua5.3 library is liblua.
-3. app/meson.build uses undeclared drivers_install_subdir.
---- a/lib/common/meson.build
-+++ b/lib/common/meson.build
-@@ -34,1 +34,1 @@
--libs = ['eal', 'kvargs', 'cmdline', 'process_info']
-+libs = ['eal', 'kvargs', 'cmdline']
---- a/lib/lua/meson.build
-+++ b/lib/lua/meson.build
-@@ -31 +31 @@ endforeach
--ext_deps += cc.find_library('lua5.3', required: true)
-+ext_deps += cc.find_library('lua', required: true)
---- a/meson_options.txt
-+++ b/meson_options.txt
-@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
-+option('drivers_install_subdir', type: 'string', value: '')
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/default.nix
index 47ca709c44b9..5a1a56ab6919 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/default.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,33 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkg-config
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkg-config
 , dpdk, libbsd, libpcap, lua5_3, numactl, util-linux
 , gtk2, which, withGtk ? false
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pktgen";
-  version = "19.12.0";
+  version = "21.05.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://dpdk.org/browse/apps/pktgen-dpdk/snapshot/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1clfviz1qa4hysslcg6i29vsxwl9f6j1y7zf9wwx9br3yq08x956";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pktgen";
+    repo = "Pktgen-DPDK";
+    rev = "pktgen-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-7lLDtbd14olEHO+1BuI6KTEUNRM/zAyRXau/OZbYbGA=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [ dpdk libbsd libpcap lua5_3 numactl which ]
-    ++ lib.optionals withGtk [gtk2];
+  buildInputs = [
+    dpdk libbsd libpcap lua5_3 numactl which
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withGtk [
+    gtk2
+  ];
 
   RTE_SDK = dpdk;
   GUI = lib.optionalString withGtk "true";
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-msse3";
-
-  patches = [ ./configure.patch ];
+  # requires symbols from this file
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lrte_net_bond";
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace lib/common/lscpu.h --replace /usr/bin/lscpu ${util-linux}/bin/lscpu