diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcifpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcifpp/default.nix
index 593f69f2da2..abfcbfe0600 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcifpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcifpp/default.nix
@@ -3,30 +3,21 @@
 , boost
 , cmake
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , eigen
 , zlib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libcifpp";
-  version = "5.1.0.1";
+  version = "5.1.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "PDB-REDO";
     repo = "libcifpp";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-fAH7FIgJuitPUoacLnLs8uf9di5iM0c/2WHZqVjJOUE=";
+    hash = "sha256-wx5D0kNKetgc/8LFAgNxTAwni+lJb2rajsxh0AASpeY=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "add-include-compare.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/PDB-REDO/libcifpp/commit/676c0c8dc87437e2096718fd8c0750b995e174ba.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-fbA4fgiTY93+hFct+BQuHF7uv2nG7D9PljQxq1CkReU=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];