diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/default.nix
index c7ab69e5169d..2d08f37c8c23 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/default.nix
@@ -13,19 +13,13 @@ let
   majorVersion = "1.10";
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "openmpi-${majorVersion}.1";
+  name = "openmpi-${majorVersion}.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v${majorVersion}/downloads/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "14p4px9a3qzjc22lnl6braxrcrmd9rgmy7fh4qpanawn2pgfq6br";
+    sha256 = "142s1vny9gllkq336yafxayjgcirj2jv0ddabj879jgya7hyr2d0";
   };
 
-  # Bug in openmpi implementation for zero sized messages
-  # Patch required to make mpi4py pass. Will NOT
-  # be required when openmpi >= 2.0.0
-  # https://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2015/11/28030.php
-  patches = [ ./nbc_copy.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [ gfortran ]
     ++ optional (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isFreeBSD) libibverbs;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/nbc_copy.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/nbc_copy.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d496c7cc2d76..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/nbc_copy.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-commit 4ee20ba31dd64b8f899447cdad78ec2379acfce7
-Author: Gilles Gouaillardet <gilles@rist.or.jp>
-Date:   Tue Nov 10 08:59:03 2015 +0900
-
-    fix NBC_Copy for legitimate zero size messages
-    
-    (back ported from commit open-mpi/ompi@0bd765eddd33e3d4ac18ec644c60a5c160cb48dc)
-    (back ported from commit open-mpi/ompi@9a70765f27fdf17e70e1a115754fef7e5f16132a)
-
-diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_internal.h b/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_internal.h
-index bf2f1cb..81be8cc 100644
---- a/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_internal.h
-+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/libnbc/nbc_internal.h
-@@ -501,7 +501,14 @@ static inline int NBC_Copy(void *src, int srccount, MPI_Datatype srctype, void *
-   } else {
-     /* we have to pack and unpack */
-     res = MPI_Pack_size(srccount, srctype, comm, &size);
--    if (MPI_SUCCESS != res || 0 == size) { printf("MPI Error in MPI_Pack_size() (%i:%i)\n", res, size); return (MPI_SUCCESS == res) ? MPI_ERR_SIZE : res;}
-+    if (MPI_SUCCESS != res) {
-+      printf ("MPI Error in MPI_Pack_size() (%i:%i)", res, size);
-+      return res;
-+    }
-+
-+    if (0 == size) {
-+        return OMPI_SUCCESS;
-+    }
-     packbuf = malloc(size);
-     if (NULL == packbuf) { printf("Error in malloc()\n"); return res; }
-     pos=0;
-