diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond/package.nix
index 0fad1654d612..011082c5345b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lilypond/package.nix
@@ -41,12 +41,11 @@
     ]
   ),
   writeScript,
-  fetchpatch2,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "lilypond";
-  version = "2.24.4";
+  version = "2.26.0";
   outputs = [
     "out"
     "man"
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchzip {
     url = "https://lilypond.org/download/sources/v${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/lilypond-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-UYdORvodrVchxslOxpMiXrAh7DtB9sWp9yqZU/jeB9Y=";
+    hash = "sha256-HUkPhaWNZ4UKbmlEyLXepHCFcgrdoRSDtjZMriO68RM=";
   };
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -79,17 +78,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --replace-fail "mem=mf2pt1" "mem=$PWD/mf/mf2pt1"
   '';
 
-  patches = [
-    # fixes #475503
-    # distilled version of https://gitweb.git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=commit;h=f2192eb294e
-    # so, remove once that commit reaches a stable release
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      name = "fix-clang-21-build.patch";
-      url = "https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/plain/print/lilypond/files/patch-lily_include_smobs.hh?id=58bab68c706086774b17dcacc61c8fd37ecc8a15";
-      extraPrefix = ""; # adds old/new prefixes to process properly in patchPhase
-      hash = "sha256-nT8+nYU+m6lLTvHEvSIpG/yAwy1Omb6+4Z+NGwEVE4Q=";
-    })
-  ];
+  patches = [ ];
 
   strictDeps = true;