diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/findlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/findlib/default.nix
index 283d6a4deb7a..e8a821fcd59a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/findlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/findlib/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ocaml${ocaml.version}-findlib";
-  version = "1.9.7";
+  version = "1.9.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.camlcity.org/download/findlib-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-zNgiAI8bh6vVahL/f0rxlaDNouO8AROSF3miBcl5Hik=";
+    hash = "sha256-ZiyRD3dOn+46GcTgV/OAWBqy/E7lLaR2EwSsnDG4hp0=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ ocaml ];
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./ldconf.patch ./install_topfind.patch ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/bytes/Makefile --replace-warn OCAMLOPT_SHARED OCAMLOPT
-  '';
-
   dontAddPrefix=true;
   dontAddStaticConfigureFlags = true;
   configurePlatforms = [];