diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
index a4371e7d1a5..32b97f8ea2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchurl
 , boost
 , cmake
 , fftw
@@ -20,25 +19,17 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vigra";
-  version = "1.11.1";
+  version = "unstable-2022-01-11";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ukoethe";
     repo = "vigra";
-    rev = "Version-${lib.replaceChars ["."] ["-"] version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-tD6tdoT4mWBtzkn4Xv3nNIkBQmeqNqzI1AVxUbP76Mk=";
+    rev = "093d57d15c8c237adf1704d96daa6393158ce299";
+    sha256 = "sha256-pFANoT00Wkh1/Dyd2x75IVTfyaoVA7S86tafUSr29Og=";
   };
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR";
 
-  # Fixes compilation with clang (on darwin) see https://github.com/ukoethe/vigra/issues/414
-  patches =
-    let clangPatch = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/ukoethe/vigra/commit/81958d302494e137f98a8b1d7869841532f90388.patch";
-      sha256 = "1i1w6smijgb5z8bg9jaq84ccy00k2sxm87s37lgjpyix901gjlgi";
-    };
-    in [ clangPatch ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     boost
@@ -59,9 +50,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux")
     [ "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC" "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC" ];
 
-  # fails with "./test_watersheds3d: error while loading shared libraries: libvigraimpex.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
-  doCheck = false;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Novel computer vision C++ library with customizable algorithms and data structures";
     homepage = "https://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/vigra";