diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ets/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ets/default.nix
index 9451a5a043e..cccd0db35e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ets/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, installShellFiles }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "ets";
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-XWIDo5msTMTLr60x1R9cwsiZIDG6G+uHWx8idt4F2iA=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./go-mod.patch ];
+  # https://github.com/zmwangx/ets/pull/18/
+  patches = [ (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/zmwangx/ets/commit/600ec17a9c86ca63cd022d00439cdc4978e2afa9.patch";
+    sha256 = "sha256-SGCISHkWNFubgKkQYx8Vf5/fknNDfPNYkSuw1mMhZaE=";
+  }) ];
 
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-+8dXfqOu8XTw2uEx3GAynQSHtzifejZtddr1CdxrupA=";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ets/go-mod.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/ets/go-mod.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 50998e35927..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ets/go-mod.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
-index 3b5d491..b658c8e 100644
---- a/go.mod
-+++ b/go.mod
-@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ require (
- 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9
- 	github.com/riywo/loginshell v0.0.0-20190610082906-2ed199a032f6
- 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9 // indirect
- )
-diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
-index c795477..05ea136 100644
---- a/go.sum
-+++ b/go.sum
-@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn
- golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
- golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d h1:+R4KGOnez64A81RvjARKc4UT5/tI9ujCIVX+P5KiHuI=
- golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9 h1:XfKQ4OlFl8okEOr5UvAqFRVj8pY/4yfcXrddB8qAbU0=
-+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
- golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=