diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
index 858596597b1f..4810390ac1b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # Remove gegl:simple / backend-file test that times out frequently
-    ./patches/no-simple-backend-file-test.patch
+    # Prevent deadlock making tests time-out
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/issues/226
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1941
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/commit/1d530816266b52c8788bbe1504c5b2d6eceba036.patch";
+      sha256 = "8PlUcLQkuskjDGCA2obUPDW3jE++A6B5YWVgvn+GFrU=";
+    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/patches/no-simple-backend-file-test.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/patches/no-simple-backend-file-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bf07572182b3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/patches/no-simple-backend-file-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tests/simple/meson.build b/tests/simple/meson.build
-index 2c735d80a..ae4d50f2a 100644
---- a/tests/simple/meson.build
-+++ b/tests/simple/meson.build
-@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
- testnames = [
--  'backend-file',
-   'buffer-cast',
-   'buffer-changes',
-   'buffer-extract',