diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/default.nix
index aad384f5ba0d..0dc1c9c1e65c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/default.nix
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@ let
   special-providers =
     {
       brightbox = automated-providers.brightbox.override { mkProviderGoModule = buildGo118Module; };
-      # remove with >= 1.6.0
-      # https://github.com/equinix/terraform-provider-equinix/commit/5b4d6415d23dc2ee56988c4b1458fbb51c8cc750
-      equinix = automated-providers.equinix.overrideAttrs (a: {
-        src = a.src.overrideAttrs (a: {
-          postFetch = (a.postFetch or "") + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) ''
-            rm $out/cmd/migration-tool/README.md
-          '';
-        });
-      });
       # mkisofs needed to create ISOs holding cloud-init data,
       # and wrapped to terraform via deecb4c1aab780047d79978c636eeb879dd68630
       libvirt = automated-providers.libvirt.overrideAttrs (_: { propagatedBuildInputs = [ cdrtools ]; });
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/providers.json b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/providers.json
index a16d739f0e93..696b9d9f2655 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/providers.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/providers.json
@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@
     "owner": "equinix",
     "provider-source-address": "registry.terraform.io/equinix/equinix",
     "repo": "terraform-provider-equinix",
-    "rev": "v1.5.0",
-    "sha256": "sha256-+NrEP5x9/ymNb2qSdMyHNu7rjUtYxDT5Nv70vMxfTJw=",
-    "vendorSha256": "sha256-5MSZ4Mw6P5cI+COOq5SLTXqaVTr+zOix+w983rgcS+g=",
-    "version": "1.5.0"
+    "rev": "v1.6.0",
+    "sha256": "sha256-wvx0dZS38i5B7Jpaaa9iuv93PyzNAaKCxxU8OxklOhE=",
+    "vendorSha256": "sha256-tWMmwCFWwRvsFC/Bu4Eax+uopxN3ijRP9qr35bcg6qQ=",
+    "version": "1.6.0"
   },
   "exoscale": {
     "owner": "exoscale",