diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
index 1382af16484c..27c803fd81e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, groff }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libedit-20130712-3.1";
+  name = "libedit-20140620-3.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0dwav34041sariyl00nr106xmn123bnxir4qpn5y47vgssfim6sx";
+    sha256 = "1wnapwcpl4yq8p95j898jl0hsr39if28qzm5a7zwkbplihm9nax2";
   };
 
   # Have `configure' avoid `/usr/bin/nroff' in non-chroot builds.
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i s/-lncurses/-lncursesw/g $out/lib/pkgconfig/libedit.pc
   '';
 
-  # taken from gentoo http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-libs/libedit/files/
-  patches = [ ./freebsd.patch ./freebsd_weak_ref.patch ];
-
-  configureFlags = "--enable-widec";
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-widec" ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ncurses ];