diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/chuck/darwin-limits.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/chuck/darwin-limits.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dc98a1726913..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/chuck/darwin-limits.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/core/util_string.cpp	2014-10-27 22:52:11.875981552 +0100
-+++ b/src/core/util_string.cpp	2014-10-27 22:54:18.613001994 +0100
-@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
- #include <linux/limits.h>
- #endif // __PLATFORM_LINUX__
- 
-+#ifdef __PLATFORM_MACOSX__
-+#include <limits.h>
-+#endif // __PLATFORM_MACOSX__
-+
- #include <stdio.h>
- using namespace std;
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/chuck/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/chuck/default.nix
index c8bac3d8d664..f8b1dad22672 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/chuck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/chuck/default.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.4.2.0";
+  version = "1.5.5.5";
   pname = "chuck";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/release/files/chuck-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-hIwsC9rYgXWSTFqUufKGqoT0Gnsf4nR4KQ0iSVbj8xg=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-fxbTW0wcKn1q6psRhhCe6pHFJTPFfZUTCmlGr7gFoRU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libsndfile ] ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) alsa-lib;
 
-  patches = [ ./darwin-limits.patch ];
-
   makeFlags = [
     "-C src"
     "DESTDIR=$(out)/bin"