diff --git a/pkgs/shells/nushell/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/nushell/default.nix
index a5f9ae2f94e..e1355062ddc 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/nushell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/nushell/default.nix
@@ -16,43 +16,45 @@
 , Security
 , nghttp2
 , libgit2
-, withExtraFeatures ? true
+, doCheck ? true
+, withDefaultFeatures ? true
+, additionalFeatures ? (p: p)
 , testers
 , nushell
 , nix-update-script
 }:
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "nushell";
-  version = "0.75.0";
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (
+  let
+    version =  "0.76.0";
+    pname = "nushell";
+  in {
+  inherit version pname;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-u8/SvuR/RpJaBX4Dr3Onrk0AVpIAeVb+399+NUpgkfI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-dGsnbKsg0nQFFXZDRDei2uGhGWEQSeSHGpXJp+8QUC8=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-hnSumfZd9ylEx3dkTGW2s4VSv107MHOn21ytOcimhPw=";
-
-  # enable pkg-config feature of zstd
-  cargoPatches = [ ./zstd-pkg-config.patch ];
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-9oXMojQA4tSoIxY1lwMPGhQz3WHcxEKtwl+4LsAYbDo=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (withExtraFeatures && stdenv.isLinux) [ python3 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (withDefaultFeatures && stdenv.isLinux) [ python3 ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ rustPlatform.bindgenHook ];
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl zstd ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ zlib libiconv Libsystem Security ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (withExtraFeatures && stdenv.isLinux) [ xorg.libX11 ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (withExtraFeatures && stdenv.isDarwin) [ AppKit nghttp2 libgit2 ];
+    ++ lib.optionals (withDefaultFeatures && stdenv.isLinux) [ xorg.libX11 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (withDefaultFeatures && stdenv.isDarwin) [ AppKit nghttp2 libgit2 ];
 
-  buildFeatures = lib.optional withExtraFeatures "extra";
+  buildFeatures = additionalFeatures [ (lib.optional withDefaultFeatures "default") ];
 
   # TODO investigate why tests are broken on darwin
   # failures show that tests try to write to paths
   # outside of TMPDIR
-  doCheck = ! stdenv.isDarwin;
+  doCheck = doCheck && !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
@@ -76,4 +78,4 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     };
     updateScript = nix-update-script { };
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/nushell/zstd-pkg-config.patch b/pkgs/shells/nushell/zstd-pkg-config.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 280db6c2e6b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/shells/nushell/zstd-pkg-config.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
-index 7376ffe6a..a7d3335cc 100644
---- a/Cargo.lock
-+++ b/Cargo.lock
-@@ -2751,6 +2751,7 @@ dependencies = [
-  "which",
-  "windows",
-  "winreg",
-+ "zstd",
- ]
- 
- [[package]]
-@@ -5881,4 +5882,5 @@ checksum = "9fd07cbbc53846d9145dbffdf6dd09a7a0aa52be46741825f5c97bdd4f73f12b"
- dependencies = [
-  "cc",
-  "libc",
-+ "pkg-config",
- ]
-diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
-index d293f3e39..a462d67dc 100644
---- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
-@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ wax = { version =  "0.5.0", features = ["diagnostics"] }
- rusqlite = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["bundled"], optional = true }
- sqlparser = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
- 
-+zstd = { version = "*", features = [ "pkg-config" ] }
-+
- [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
- winreg = "0.10.1"
-