diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
index 4eb83031c885..286148a639a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   libarchive,
   glibcLocales,
   mock,
@@ -12,28 +11,20 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "libarchive-c";
-  version = "5.1";
+  version = "5.3";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Changaco";
     repo = "python-${pname}";
     tag = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-CO9llPIbVTuE74AeohrMAu5ICkuT/MorRlYEEFne6Uk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-JqXTV1aD3k88OlW+8rT3xsDuW34+1xErG7hkupvL7Uo=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-tests-with-recent-libarchive.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/Changaco/python-libarchive-c/commit/a56e9402c76c2fb9631651de7bae07b5fbb0b624.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-OLwJQurEFAmwZJbQfhkibrR7Rcnc9vpWwBuhKxgmT7g=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace libarchive/ffi.py --replace \
+    substituteInPlace libarchive/ffi.py --replace-fail \
       "find_library('archive')" "'${libarchive.lib}/lib/libarchive${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}'"
   '';