diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
index 2d14823accf4..bd3b1165ef0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gtk4";
-  version = "4.12.4";
+  version = "4.12.5";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ] ++ lib.optionals x11Support [ "devdoc" ];
   outputBin = "dev";
@@ -80,14 +80,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gtk/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/gtk-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "umfGSY5Vmfko7a+54IoyCt+qUKsvDab8arIlL8LVdSA=";
+    sha256 = "KLNW1ZDuaO9ibi75ggst0hRBSEqaBCpaPwxA6d/E9Pg=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/218143#issuecomment-1501059486
-    ./patches/4.0-fix-darwin-build.patch
-  ];
-
   depsBuildBuild = [
     pkg-config
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/4.0-fix-darwin-build.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/4.0-fix-darwin-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 01f4377aa0a7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/patches/4.0-fix-darwin-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/gdk/macos/gdkmacospasteboard-private.h b/gdk/macos/gdkmacospasteboard-private.h
-index fdeb936..c4b8666 100644
---- a/gdk/macos/gdkmacospasteboard-private.h
-+++ b/gdk/macos/gdkmacospasteboard-private.h
-@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
- 
- G_BEGIN_DECLS
- 
-+#ifndef AVAILABLE_MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_13_AND_LATER
-+typedef NSString *NSPasteboardType;
-+#endif
-+
- @interface GdkMacosPasteboardItemDataProvider : NSObject <NSPasteboardItemDataProvider>
- {
-   GdkContentProvider *_contentProvider;
-diff --git a/gdk/macos/gdkmacospasteboard.c b/gdk/macos/gdkmacospasteboard.c
-index 66b3c9f..b9e0d8a 100644
---- a/gdk/macos/gdkmacospasteboard.c
-+++ b/gdk/macos/gdkmacospasteboard.c
-@@ -400,7 +400,11 @@ _gdk_macos_pasteboard_register_drag_types (NSWindow *window)
-       gdk_content_formats_get_gtypes (formats, &n_gtypes);
- 
-       if (n_gtypes)
-+#ifdef AVAILABLE_MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_13_AND_LATER
-         [ret addObject:NSPasteboardTypeURL];
-+#else
-+        [ret addObject:[[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:"public.url"]];
-+#endif
- 
-       gdk_content_formats_unref (formats);
-     }