diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/faiss/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/faiss/default.nix
index ac19356d1a73..3e1b9f1536d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/faiss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/faiss/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , config
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch2
 , stdenv
 , cmake
 , cudaPackages ? { }
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
 
 let
   pname = "faiss";
-  version = "1.7.4";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   inherit (cudaPackages) flags backendStdenv;
 
@@ -51,18 +50,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     owner = "facebookresearch";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-WSce9X6sLZmGM5F0ZkK54VqpIy8u1VB0e9/l78co29M=";
+    hash = "sha256-nS8nhkNGGb2oAJKfr/MIAZjAwMxBGbNd16/CkEtv67I=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      # Replace distutils with packaging for version checks
-      url = "https://github.com/facebookresearch/faiss/commit/c540e762ca0ecf8f43da0bfc215da148c5cf420e.patch";
-      includes = [ "faiss/python/loader.py" ];
-      hash = "sha256-yMHAXo0+oDXknSpv1fxUgil3R/WG1+vTLyxvwVR3VtE=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     # Remove the following substituteInPlace when updating
     # to a release that contains change from PR