diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/gettext-0.25.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ebc2aa9a0188..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/gettext-0.25.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
-index af28077..e746147 100644
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
- AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
- ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
- 
-+SUBDIRS =
-+
- AM_YFLAGS = -d -Wno-yacc
- 
- bin_PROGRAMS = html2text
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 999c6fe..30c2536 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
- 
- AC_PREREQ([2.71])
- AC_INIT([html2text], [2.3.0], [BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS])
-+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
- AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
- AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([disable])
-+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.20])
-+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
- AM_ICONV
- #AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([html.h])
- #AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/package.nix
index 1f996d3d620a..eeba214de0e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/package.nix
@@ -5,33 +5,26 @@
   autoconf-archive,
   autoreconfHook,
   bison,
-  gettext,
   libiconv,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "html2text";
-  version = "2.3.0";
+  version = "2.4.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "grobian";
     repo = "html2text";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-e/KWyc7lOdWhtFC7ZAD7sYgCsO3JzGkLUThVI7edqIQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-C229ogU2YStXWizb51whQXc6oSkVnclnOeJYlIMvHWM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoconf-archive
     autoreconfHook
     bison
-    gettext
   ];
 
-  # These changes have all been made in HEAD, across several commits
-  # amongst other changes.
-  # See https://gitlab.com/grobian/html2text/-/merge_requests/57
-  patches = [ ./gettext-0.25.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin libiconv;
 
   meta = {