diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
index 8a83d0566465..18007e302a0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mold";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rui314";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-dEmwVgo9XiU3WtObVL5VbFW7rEzdFfnRepcbyGxX1JM=";
+    hash = "sha256-4W6quVSkxS2I6KEy3fVyBTypD0fg4EecgeEVM0Yw58s=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mimalloc
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    ./fix-debug-strip.patch # fix --debug-strip; https://github.com/rui314/mold/pull/1038
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i CMakeLists.txt -e '/.*set(DEST\ .*/d'
-  '';
-
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DMOLD_USE_SYSTEM_MIMALLOC:BOOL=ON"
   ];
@@ -66,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rui314/mold";
     changelog = "https://github.com/rui314/mold/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ azahi nitsky ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ azahi nitsky paveloom ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/fix-debug-strip.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/fix-debug-strip.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 78906efc73ac..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/fix-debug-strip.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From b699b73451c57ac01c2680c0b86e1f56ca19e51c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jakub Konka <kubkon@jakubkonka.com>
-Date: Sat, 6 May 2023 07:55:46 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix handling of --debug-strip
-
-Signed-off-by: Jakub Konka <kubkon@jakubkonka.com>
----
- elf/cmdline.cc | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/elf/cmdline.cc b/elf/cmdline.cc
-index 3ac19f237..731af63ab 100644
---- a/elf/cmdline.cc
-+++ b/elf/cmdline.cc
-@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> parse_nonpositional_args(Context<E> &ctx) {
-     } else if (read_flag("strip-all") || read_flag("s")) {
-       ctx.arg.strip_all = true;
-     } else if (read_flag("strip-debug") || read_flag("S")) {
--      ctx.arg.strip_all = true;
-+      ctx.arg.strip_debug = true;
-     } else if (read_flag("warn-unresolved-symbols")) {
-       ctx.arg.unresolved_symbols = UNRESOLVED_WARN;
-     } else if (read_flag("error-unresolved-symbols")) {