diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index 948a8da2da7b..ebea2b78f50d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, lib, acpica-tools, dev86, pam, libxslt, libxml2, wrapQtAppsHook
+{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, lib, acpica-tools, dev86, pam, libxslt, libxml2, wrapQtAppsHook
 , libX11, xorgproto, libXext, libXcursor, libXmu, libIDL, SDL2, libcap, libGL, libGLU
 , libpng, glib, lvm2, libXrandr, libXinerama, libopus, libtpms, qtbase, qtx11extras
 , qttools, qtsvg, qtwayland, pkg-config, which, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_43
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches =
      optional enableHardening ./hardened.patch
      # Since VirtualBox 7.0.8, VBoxSDL requires SDL2, but the build framework uses SDL1
-  ++ optional (!headless) ./fix-sdl.patch
+  ++ optionals (!headless) [ ./fix-sdl.patch
+     # No update patch disables check for update function
+     # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-ose/+bug/272212
+     (fetchpatch {
+       url = "https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-virtualbox-team/virtualbox/-/raw/debian/${version}-dfsg-1/debian/patches/16-no-update.patch";
+       hash = "sha256-UJHpuB6QB/BbxJorlqZXUF12lgq8gbLMRHRMsbyqRpY=";
+     })]
   ++ [ ./extra_symbols.patch ]
      # When hardening is enabled, we cannot use wrapQtApp to ensure that VirtualBoxVM sees
      # the correct environment variables needed for Qt to work, specifically QT_PLUGIN_PATH.