diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix
index 7918ea17891..bb92af2dd5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/friture/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, python3Packages, wrapQtAppsHook }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, wrapQtAppsHook }:
 
 let
   py = python3Packages;
 in py.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "friture";
-  version = "0.48";
+  version = "0.49";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tlecomte";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-oOH58jD49xAeSuP+l6tYUpwkYsnfeSGTt8x4DFzTY6g=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-xKgyBV/Qc+9PgXyxcT0xG1GXLC6KnjavJ/0SUE+9VSY=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = (with py; [ numpy cython scipy ]) ++
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ in py.buildPythonApplication rec {
     rtmixer
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # Backported fix that resolves an issue with setuptools packaging
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-setuptools-packaging.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/tlecomte/friture/commit/ea7210dae883edf17de8fec82f9428b18ee138b6.diff";
-      sha256 = "sha256-Kv/vmC8kcqfOgfIPQyZN46sbV6bezhq6pyj8bvke6s8=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     # Remove version constraints from Python dependencies in setup.py
     sed -i -E "s/\"([A-Za-z0-9]+)(=|>|<)=[0-9\.]+\"/\"\1\"/g" setup.py