diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/faac/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/faac/default.nix
index abbe07224b56..554337860028 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/faac/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/faac/default.nix
@@ -8,27 +8,13 @@ assert mp4v2Support -> (mp4v2 != null);
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "faac-${version}";
-  version = "1.28";
+  version = "1.29.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/faac/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1pqr7nf6p2r283n0yby2czd3iy159gz8rfinkis7vcfgyjci2565";
+    sha256 = "0gssrz2vq52mj8x2hvdqc9bwkp64s4f4g7yj7ac6dwxs8dw8kwnf";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "faac-mp4v2-1.9.patch";
-      url = "https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/trunk/mp4v2-1.9.patch?h=packages/faac";
-      sha256 = "1pja822zw9q3cg8bjkw5z0bpxsk4q92qix26zpiqbvi7vg314hyc";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "faac-mp4v2-2.0.0.patch";
-      url = "https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/trunk/mp4v2-2.0.0.patch?h=packages/faac";
-      sha256 = "07kmkrl0600rs01xqpkkw9n8p1215n485xqf8hwimp60dw3vc0wn";
-      addPrefixes = true;
-    })
-  ];
-
   configureFlags = [ ]
     ++ optional mp4v2Support "--with-external-mp4v2"
     ++ optional drmSupport "--enable-drm";