diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/package.nix
index fd181fe4a084..69acfd533d9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/package.nix
@@ -11,18 +11,16 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  version = "1.6.0";
+  version = "1.7.1";
   pname = "git-latexdiff";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     repo = "git-latexdiff";
     owner = "git-latexdiff";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-DMoGEbCBuqUGjbna3yDpD4WNTikPudYRD4Wy1pPG2mw=";
+    hash = "sha256-ocEDds1vAnaj84YiAez150OZV82w3NlsgXoxNbUGW/Q=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./version-test.patch ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace git-latexdiff \
       --replace-fail "@GIT_LATEXDIFF_VERSION@" "v${finalAttrs.version}"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/version-test.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/version-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 243bd90f9005..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/version-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Fix for https://gitlab.com/git-latexdiff/git-latexdiff/issues/7
----
---- src/git-latexdiff	2016-01-26 14:04:54.338568955 +0100
-+++ src/git-latexdiff	2016-01-26 14:40:23.700381943 +0100
-@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@
- git_latexdiff_version='@GIT_LATEXDIFF_VERSION@'
-
- git_latexdiff_compute_version () {
--    if [ "$git_latexdiff_version" = '@GIT_LATEXDIFF''_VERSION@' ]; then
--	(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && git describe --tags HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo 'Unknown version')
--    else
--	echo "$git_latexdiff_version"
--    fi
-+    echo "$git_latexdiff_version"
- }
-
- usage () {