diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/file/32-bit-time_t.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/file/32-bit-time_t.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 19c595215d65..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/file/32-bit-time_t.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/file/file/commit/218fdf813fd5ccecbb8887a1b62509cd1c6dd3a1.patch
-
-From 218fdf813fd5ccecbb8887a1b62509cd1c6dd3a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:38:25 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] deal with 32 bit time_t
-
----
- src/file.h | 8 +++++---
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/file.h b/src/file.h
-index 2e0494d2f..78f574ea1 100644
---- a/src/file.h
-+++ b/src/file.h
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
-  */
- /*
-  * file.h - definitions for file(1) program
-- * @(#)$File: file.h,v 1.247 2023/07/27 19:40:22 christos Exp $
-+ * @(#)$File: file.h,v 1.248 2023/07/28 14:38:25 christos Exp $
-  */
- 
- #ifndef __file_h__
-@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@
- /*
-  * Dec 31, 23:59:59 9999
-  * we need to make sure that we don't exceed 9999 because some libc
-- * implementations like muslc crash otherwise
-+ * implementations like muslc crash otherwise. If you are unlucky
-+ * to be running on a system with a 32 bit time_t, then it is even less.
-  */
--#define	MAX_CTIME	CAST(time_t, 0x3afff487cfULL)
-+#define	MAX_CTIME \
-+    CAST(time_t, sizeof(time_t) > 4 ? 0x3afff487cfULL : 0x7fffffffULL)
- 
- #define FILE_BADSIZE CAST(size_t, ~0ul)
- #define MAXDESC	64		/* max len of text description/MIME type */
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
index f0bc89d466f5..9fa3bd053859 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
@@ -10,24 +10,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "file";
-  version = "5.45";
+  version = "5.46";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "https://astron.com/pub/file/file-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz"
       "https://distfiles.macports.org/file/file-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz"
     ];
-    hash = "sha256-/Jf1ECm7DiyfTjv/79r2ePDgOe6HK53lwAKm0Jx4TYI=";
+    hash = "sha256-ycx3x8VgxUMTXtxVWvYJ1WGdvvARmX6YjOQKPXXYYIg=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # Upstream patch to fix 32-bit tests.
-    # Will be included in 5.46+ releases.
-    ./32-bit-time_t.patch
-  ];
-
   strictDeps = true;
   enableParallelBuilding = true;