diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/0004-Get-the-efi-app-from-fwupd-efi.patch b/pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/0004-Get-the-efi-app-from-fwupd-efi.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b2876ca37a6d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/0004-Get-the-efi-app-from-fwupd-efi.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: r-vdp <ramses@well-founded.dev>
-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:08:49 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Get the efi app from fwupd-efi
-
-EFI capsule is located in fwupd-efi now.
----
- meson.build | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 917770b38abb86056d6c42fa9c99dedf27ebe999..f52f3ec12dd9def0a68ea1645f7d508acbb731b9 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ endif
- 
- # EFI
- if build_standalone
--  efi_app_location = join_paths(libexecdir, 'fwupd', 'efi')
-+  efi_app_location = join_paths(dependency('fwupd-efi').get_variable(pkgconfig: 'prefix'), 'libexec', 'fwupd', 'efi')
-   conf.set_quoted('EFI_APP_LOCATION', efi_app_location)
- endif
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/package.nix
index 0025fb8d550a..2db794b344ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fw/fwupd/package.nix
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "fwupd";
-  version = "2.1.5";
+  version = "2.1.6";
 
   # libfwupd goes to lib
   # daemon, plug-ins and libfwupdplugin go to out
@@ -140,14 +140,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "fwupd";
     repo = "fwupd";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-DzQ+N99ZmFRqZc2rN6PSqmoIMXUyrE8Kkn+KnT/AWPc=";
+    hash = "sha256-K8n1rPiLuHDybWPoAUQA7RY4J+Ga1fwNiaj48fHAh9A=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     ./0001-Install-fwupdplugin-to-out.patch
     ./0002-Add-output-for-installed-tests.patch
     ./0003-Add-option-for-installation-sysconfdir.patch
-    ./0004-Get-the-efi-app-from-fwupd-efi.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -227,6 +226,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
     (lib.mesonOption "sysconfdir_install" "${placeholder "out"}/etc")
     (lib.mesonOption "efi_os_dir" "nixos")
+    # EFI capsule is located in fwupd-efi now.
+    (lib.mesonOption "efi_app_location" "${fwupd-efi}/libexec/fwupd/efi")
     # HSI is auto-disabled on non-x86 upstream; auto_features=enabled overrides
     # that, breaking the fwupdtool installed test which expects rc=1 on non-x86.
     (lib.mesonEnable "hsi" isx86)