diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
index 0bfe6f3e0e2f..4630ce6d0ce4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gst-editing-services";
-  version = "1.18.5";
+  version = "1.20.0";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -26,13 +26,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-ivSoOU0FHz4YKAaG20mm76zMlcDFmhfw9WTjIABZDfU=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-+Detz0Bz0ZpZCJhOh5zQOfQZLKNo5x056MzYpWuf7t8=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e12f3bbfbea..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pkgconfig/meson.build b/pkgconfig/meson.build
-index a612b21b..c017eaff 100644
---- a/pkgconfig/meson.build
-+++ b/pkgconfig/meson.build
-@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ pkgconf = configuration_data()
- 
- pkgconf.set('prefix', get_option('prefix'))
- pkgconf.set('exec_prefix', '${prefix}')
--pkgconf.set('libdir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('libdir')))
--pkgconf.set('includedir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('includedir')))
-+pkgconf.set('libdir', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir')))
-+pkgconf.set('includedir', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('includedir')))
- pkgconf.set('GST_API_VERSION', apiversion)
- pkgconf.set('VERSION', gst_version)
-