diff --git a/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/module.nix b/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/module.nix
index d998784b3faa..db44dbe2200d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/module.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/module.nix
@@ -18,22 +18,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ kerberos ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # openafs 5.6 patches, included in the next release
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/openafs/openafs/commit/34f1689b7288688550119638ee9959e453fde414.patch";
-      sha256 = "0rxjqzr8c5ajlk8wrhgjc1qp1934qiriqdi0qxsnk4gj5ibbk4d5";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/openafs/openafs/commit/355ea43f0d1b7feae1b3af58bc33af12838db7c3.patch";
-      sha256 = "1f9xn8ql6vnxglpj3dvi30sj8vkncazjab2rc13hbw48nvsvcnhm";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/openafs/openafs/commit/17d38e31e6f2e237a7fb4dfb46841060296310b6.patch";
-      sha256 = "14dydxfm0f5fvnj0kmvgm3bgh0ajhh04i3l7l0hr9cpmwl7vrlcg";
-    })
-  ];
-
   hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
 
   configureFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/srcs.nix b/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/srcs.nix
index 4a5591ef4646..4df5bdfc3888 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/srcs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/openafs/1.8/srcs.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { fetchurl }:
 rec {
-  version = "1.8.5";
+  version = "1.8.6";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/${version}/openafs-${version}-src.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "08w5n803xm75j7daa3mr2ncfmcg0wpm7yasj6zyddqlb4f7xdppf";
+    url = "https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/${version}/openafs-${version}-src.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0i99klrw00v4bwd942n90xqfn16z6337m89xfm9dgv7ih0qrsklb";
   };
 
   srcs = [ src
     (fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/${version}/openafs-${version}-doc.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "08mg3n0q2igfas1khj18r9apyrkpbp1jick0ix5nfaal90jbifis";
+      url = "https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/${version}/openafs-${version}-doc.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "1s91kmxfimhdqrz7l6jgjz72j9pyalghrvg4h384fsz0ks6s4kz3";
     })];
 }