diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/procmail/CVE-2014-3618.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/procmail/CVE-2014-3618.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e3aa5600e40..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/procmail/CVE-2014-3618.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-From http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/495 (with whitespace corrected).
-
---- a/src/formisc.c 2013-08-04 00:13:33.000000000 -0700
-+++ b/src/formisc.c 2014-09-03 11:42:25.986002396 -0700
-@@ -84,12 +84,11 @@
- 	case '"':*target++=delim='"';start++;
-       }
-      ;{ int i;
--	do
-+	while(*start)
- 	   if((i= *target++= *start++)==delim)	 /* corresponding delimiter? */
- 	      break;
- 	   else if(i=='\\'&&*start)		    /* skip quoted character */
- 	      *target++= *start++;
--	while(*start);						/* anything? */
-       }
-      hitspc=2;
-    }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/procmail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/procmail/default.nix
index dafc73925b5..ea299d73cbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/procmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/procmail/default.nix
@@ -2,22 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "procmail";
-  version = "3.22";
+  version = "3.24";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/mail/procmail/procmail-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "05z1c803n5cppkcq99vkyd5myff904lf9sdgynfqngfk9nrpaz08";
+    url = "https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "UU6kMzOXg+ld+TIeeUdx5Ih7mCOsVf2yRpcCz2m9OYk=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./CVE-2014-3618.patch
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/p/procmail/3.22-26/debian/patches/30";
-      sha256 = "11zmz1bj0v9pay3ldmyyg7473b80h89gycrhndsgg9q50yhcqaaq";
-      name = "CVE-2017-16844";
-    })
-  ];
-
   # getline is defined differently in glibc now. So rename it.
   # Without the .PHONY target "make install" won't install anything on Darwin.
   postPatch = ''
@@ -33,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Mail processing and filtering utility";
-    homepage = "http://www.procmail.org/";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gebner ];