diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
index f9f07aed0fba..c921509907b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchurl
 , astring, cmdliner, fmt, re, stdlib-shims, uutf, ocaml-syntax-shims
 }:
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "alcotest";
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/mirage/alcotest/releases/download/${version}/alcotest-${version}.tbz";
-    hash = "sha256-gSus2zS0XoiZXgfXMGvasvckee8ZlmN/HV0fQWZ5At8=";
-  };
-
-  # Fix tests with OCaml 5.2
-  patches = fetchpatch {
-    url = "https://github.com/mirage/alcotest/commit/aa437168b258db97680021116af176c55e1bd53b.patch";
-    hash = "sha256-cytuJFg4Mft47LsAEcz2zvzyy1wNzMdeLK+cjaFANpo=";
+    hash = "sha256-y6G9AXB8jFW0dkuw34yccyvjIeHxwalqQG5W2NvKHQ4=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ ocaml-syntax-shims ];