diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
index 97752a268f79..e5b7ce107197 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, openssl, cyrus_sasl, db, groff }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "openldap-2.4.40";
+  name = "openldap-2.4.41";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.openldap.org/software/download/OpenLDAP/openldap-release/${name}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "1nyslrgwxwilgv5sixc37svls5rbvhsv9drb7hlrjr2vqaji29ni";
+    sha256 = "0vkzfd1pmin6xsv8lb1nabfxma8n1q00khr6nfifqkxlm2s6p197";
   };
 
-  # Last tested for openldap 2.4.40
-  patches = [ ./fix-libdb-detection-gcc5.patch ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf ];
   buildInputs = [ openssl cyrus_sasl db groff ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/fix-libdb-detection-gcc5.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/fix-libdb-detection-gcc5.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 40ba9de73757..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/fix-libdb-detection-gcc5.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-From f0409f40dab6013d1aec05f5c86ae31d2f49b485 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jan Synacek <jsynacek@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:32:28 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] fix libdb detection with gcc 5
-
-The old cpp version generated:
-__db_version 5
-
-The new output:
-__db_version
-            5
-
-Running cpp with -P (inhibit linemarkers generation) fixes this when using gcc 5.
-Behavior with older versions of gcc is not changed.
----
- build/openldap.m4 | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/build/openldap.m4 b/build/openldap.m4
-index caf8fc2..bdcb4d6 100644
---- a/build/openldap.m4
-+++ b/build/openldap.m4
-@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OL_BDB_HEADER_VERSION],
- #endif
- __db_version DB_VERSION_MAJOR
- ])
--	set X `eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext" | $EGREP __db_version` none none
-+	set X `eval "$ac_cpp -P conftest.$ac_ext" | $EGREP __db_version` none none
- 	ol_cv_bdb_major=${3}
- ])
- case $ol_cv_bdb_major in [[1-9]]*) : ;; *)
-@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([for Berkeley DB minor version in db.h], [ol_cv_bdb_minor],[
- #endif
- __db_version DB_VERSION_MINOR
- ])
--	set X `eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext" | $EGREP __db_version` none none
-+	set X `eval "$ac_cpp -P conftest.$ac_ext" | $EGREP __db_version` none none
- 	ol_cv_bdb_minor=${3}
- ])
- case $ol_cv_bdb_minor in [[0-9]]*) : ;; *)
--- 
-2.1.0
-