diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
index 6f05307381a0..7330e42ff323 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunwind/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook, xz, buildPackages }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook, xz, buildPackages }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libunwind";
-  version = "1.6.2";
+  version = "1.7.2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://savannah/libunwind/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-SmrsZmmR+0XQiJxErt6K1usQgHHDVU/N/2cfnJR5SXY=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "libunwind";
+    repo = "libunwind";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-z5YCue0zadQnMEbGFniFvDjXNy6dSHQDQnXRXS6Uh/Y=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix for aarch64 and non-4K pages. Remove once upgraded past 1.6.2.
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/libunwind/libunwind/commit/e85b65cec757ef589f28957d0c6c21c498a03bdf.patch";
-      sha256 = "1lnlygvhqrdrjgw303pg2k2k4ms4gaghpjsgmhk47q83vy1yjwfg";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = if (stdenv.cc.isClang || stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) then ''
     substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace "-lgcc_s" ""
   '' else lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "A portable and efficient API to determine the call-chain of a program";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
     # https://github.com/libunwind/libunwind#libunwind
-    platforms = [ "aarch64-linux" "armv5tel-linux" "armv6l-linux" "armv7a-linux" "armv7l-linux" "i686-freebsd13" "i686-linux" "mips64el-linux" "mipsel-linux" "powerpc64-linux" "powerpc64le-linux" "riscv64-linux" "x86_64-freebsd13" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-solaris" ];
+    platforms = [ "aarch64-linux" "armv5tel-linux" "armv6l-linux" "armv7a-linux" "armv7l-linux" "i686-freebsd13" "i686-linux" "mips64el-linux" "mipsel-linux" "powerpc64-linux" "powerpc64le-linux" "riscv64-linux" "loongarch64-linux" "x86_64-freebsd13" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-solaris" ];
     license = licenses.mit;
   };
 }