diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ldb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ldb/default.nix
index 036afbed5990..7ee869b53c35 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ldb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ldb/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchurl
-, python
+, python3
 , pkg-config
 , readline
 , tdb
@@ -16,49 +16,40 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ldb";
-  version = "1.3.3";
+  version = "2.1.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://samba/ldb/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "14gsrm7dvyjpbpnc60z75j6fz2p187abm2h353lq95kx2bv70c1b";
+    sha256 = "jO+y8l/KkT+hinktDvsDrwf4f1uVGkze0DD1uY8lx7A=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
+    python3
     wafHook
+    libxslt
+    docbook-xsl-nons
+    docbook_xml_dtd_42
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    python
-    readline
+    python3
+    readline # required to build python
     tdb
     talloc
     tevent
     popt
-    libxslt
-    docbook-xsl-nons
-    docbook_xml_dtd_42
     cmocka
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # CVE-2019-3824
-    # downloading the patch from debian as they have ported the patch from samba to ldb but otherwise is identical to
-    # https://bugzilla.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=14857
-    (fetchurl {
-      name = "CVE-2019-3824.patch";
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/l/ldb/2:1.1.27-1+deb9u1/debian/patches/CVE-2019-3824-master-v4-5-02.patch";
-      sha256 = "1idnqckvjh18rh9sbq90rr4sxfviha9nd1ca9pd6lai0y6r6q4yd";
-    })
-  ];
-
   wafPath = "buildtools/bin/waf";
 
   wafConfigureFlags = [
     "--bundled-libraries=NONE"
     "--builtin-libraries=replace"
+    "--without-ldb-lmdb"
   ];
 
   stripDebugList = "bin lib modules";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 72a76af34036..7aa7435916bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12341,9 +12341,7 @@ in
 
   ldacbt = callPackage ../development/libraries/ldacbt { };
 
-  ldb = callPackage ../development/libraries/ldb {
-    python = python2;
-  };
+  ldb = callPackage ../development/libraries/ldb { };
 
   lensfun = callPackage ../development/libraries/lensfun {};