diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/dbfile.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/dbfile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e0278ae286..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/dbfile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-commit 26e7bf8bcb2823819c87115e07932c0d2ba88170 (HEAD -> configurable-dbfile-path)
-Author: Eirik Nygaard <eirik@ngrd.no>
-Date:   Sun Jan 23 12:05:01 2022 +0100
-
-    Make entire path for plocate database configurable
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 435cd0a..8dc2393 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ project('plocate', 'cpp', default_options: ['buildtype=debugoptimized','cpp_std=
-
- add_project_arguments('-DGROUPNAME="' + get_option('locategroup') + '"', language: 'cpp')
- add_project_arguments('-DUPDATEDB_CONF="/etc/updatedb.conf"', language: 'cpp')
--dbdir = join_paths(get_option('sharedstatedir'), 'plocate')
--dbfile = join_paths(dbdir, 'plocate.db')
-+dbfile = join_paths(get_option('sharedstatedir'), get_option('dbpath'))
- add_project_arguments('-DDBFILE="' + dbfile + '"', language: 'cpp')
- add_project_arguments('-DPACKAGE_NAME="plocate"', language: 'cpp')
- add_project_arguments('-DPACKAGE_VERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"', language: 'cpp')
-diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
-index 8ac13c5..a9f3358 100644
---- a/meson_options.txt
-+++ b/meson_options.txt
-@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ option('install_systemd', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Install sy
- option('systemunitdir', type: 'string', description: 'Where to install systemd units to (default: autodetect)')
- option('locategroup', type: 'string', value: 'plocate', description: 'Group that the install script will use for the .db file')
- option('updatedb_progname', type: 'string', value: 'updatedb', description: 'Binary name of updatedb')
-+option('dbpath', type: 'string', value: 'plocate/plocate.db', description: 'Path to plocate database relative to "sharedstatedir"')
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/default.nix
index ff10019ed90..f4504a73637 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/default.nix
@@ -11,18 +11,17 @@
 }:
 let
   dbfile = lib.attrByPath [ "locate" "dbfile" ] "/var/cache/locatedb" config;
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "plocate";
-  version = "1.1.14";
+  version = "1.1.15";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://git.sesse.net/plocate";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-SgvCy03H5aKolbkI1dg/0G5VwT3TdSGenn2h9H4gfTY=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-r8/LivQhJkMTE8ejznr+eGplXFrQl4xwCgXOwbR4wlw=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./dbfile.patch ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i meson.build \
       -e '/mkdir\.sh/d'