diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix
index 8ed9219fb7b..6f9cb774c2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 # By default, jemalloc puts a je_ prefix onto all its symbols on OSX, which
 # then stops downstream builds (mariadb in particular) from detecting it. This
 # option should remove the prefix and give us a working jemalloc.
@@ -13,21 +12,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "jemalloc";
-  version = "5.2.1";
+  version = "5.3.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1xl7z0vwbn5iycg7amka9jd6hxd8nmfk7nahi4p9w2bnw9f0wcrl";
+    sha256 = "sha256-LbgtHnEZ3z5xt2QCGbbf6EeJvAU3mDw7esT3GJrs/qo=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # workaround https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/issues/2091
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/commit/3b4a03b92b2e415415a08f0150fdb9eeb659cd52.diff";
-      sha256 = "sha256-6AYtADREhfj93ZLk9xnXtjc6vHDU0EKLLOvLd6YdJeI=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   # see the comment on stripPrefix
   configureFlags = []
     ++ lib.optional stripPrefix "--with-jemalloc-prefix="
@@ -41,6 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ]
   ;
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-Wno-error=array-bounds";
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;