diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ceres-solver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ceres-solver/default.nix
index f5c000f2271e..a5119f4a7f65 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ceres-solver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ceres-solver/default.nix
@@ -18,23 +18,15 @@ assert runTests -> gflags != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ceres-solver";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://ceres-solver.org/ceres-solver-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "00vng9vnmdb1qga01m0why90m0041w7bn6kxa2h4m26aflfqla8h";
+    sha256 = "sha256-99dO7N4K7XW/xR7EjJHQH+Fqa/FrzhmHpwcyhnAeL8Y=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # Enable GNUInstallDirs, see: https://github.com/ceres-solver/ceres-solver/pull/706
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/ceres-solver/ceres-solver/commit/4998c549396d36a491f1c0638fe57824a40bcb0d.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-mF6Zh2fDVzg2kD4nI2dd9rp4NpvPErmwfdYo5JaBmCA=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = lib.optional runTests gflags;
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ eigen glog ]