diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
index 9950e1f71776..b5b385ee20ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ assert guileBindings -> guile != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
-  name = "gnutls-2.8.5";
+  name = "gnutls-2.8.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gnutls/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1s6a2plds995q8rb8x19rz3c8v6xfqc4wvqqw01f6l8myyfw4jcj";
+    sha256 = "0mm3i2b6pvchx4cxgg0c2xkvflv9wz75vmpbk8nfxwsa0skldy6n";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./gnutls-cli-libgcrypt.patch ];
-
   configurePhase = ''
     ./configure --prefix="$out"                                 \
       --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-fast-install       \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/gnutls-cli-libgcrypt.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/gnutls-cli-libgcrypt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b8af852705d8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/gnutls-cli-libgcrypt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-This patch is to make sure `gnutls-cli' is explicitly linked against
-libgcrypt since it really needs to.
-
---- gnutls-2.8.5/src/Makefile.in	2009-11-02 11:36:01.000000000 +0100
-+++ gnutls-2.8.5/src/Makefile.in	2009-11-06 23:30:42.000000000 +0100
-@@ -840,6 +840,7 @@ libcmd_psk_la_CFLAGS = 
- libcmd_psk_la_SOURCES = psk.gaa psk-gaa.h psk-gaa.c
- gnutls_cli_SOURCES = cli.c common.h common.c
- gnutls_cli_LDADD = ../lib/libgnutls.la ../libextra/libgnutls-extra.la \
-+	-lgcrypt \
- 	libcmd-cli.la ../gl/libgnu.la $(LIBSOCKET) $(GETADDRINFO_LIB)
- libcmd_cli_la_CFLAGS = 
- libcmd_cli_la_SOURCES = cli.gaa cli-gaa.h cli-gaa.c
-