diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/bazelisk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/bazelisk/default.nix
index e639c7ab314b..3d475c1f8806 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/bazelisk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/bazelisk/default.nix
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "bazelisk";
-  version = "1.6.1";
-
-  patches = [ ./gomod.patch ];
+  version = "1.7.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bazelbuild";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0g5zwdk7p1snqcbm4w3hsi3fm7sbsijrfj4ajxg7mifywqpmzm2l";
+    sha256 = "18akakh9bnpn0sngxar9f0r9hhx7dkd8y6q4j16x2d193gcw53c7";
   };
 
-  vendorSha256 = "1jgm6j04glvk7ib5yd0h04p9qxzl1ca100cv909kngx52jp61yxp";
+  vendorSha256 = "116wy1a7gmi2w8why9hszhcybfvpwp4iq62vshb25cdcma6q4mjh";
 
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/bazelisk/gomod.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/bazelisk/gomod.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c35004b294d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/bazelisk/gomod.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
-index 8eef134..54382cb 100644
---- a/go.mod
-+++ b/go.mod
-@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk
- go 1.14
- 
- require (
-+	github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go v0.23.7
- 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.0
- 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
- )