diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
index 8fda2b7e5843..1b8c274c4574 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ in
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${type}krb5-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.3";
+  majorVersion = "1.15";
+  version = "${majorVersion}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "${meta.homepage}dist/krb5/1.14/krb5-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1jgjiyh1sp72lkxvk437lz5hzcibvw99jc4ihzfz03fg43aj0ind";
+    url = "${meta.homepage}dist/krb5/${majorVersion}/krb5-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0z0jxm6ppbxi9anv2h12nrb5lpwl95f96kw6dx7sn268fhkpad7x";
   };
 
   configureFlags = optional stdenv.isFreeBSD ''WARN_CFLAGS=""'';
@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ openssl ]
     ++ optionals (!libOnly) [ openldap libedit ];
 
-  patches = [ ./path_char_fix.patch ];
-
   preConfigure = "cd ./src";
 
   buildPhase = optionalString libOnly ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/path_char_fix.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/path_char_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a6dc4c11c37..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/path_char_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-See https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/467
-diff --git a/src/include/Makefile.in b/src/include/Makefile.in
-index 4bb11e4..cb4b44b 100644
---- a/src/include/Makefile.in
-+++ b/src/include/Makefile.in
-@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ SBINDIR = @sbindir@
- LIBDIR  = @libdir@
- SYSCONFCONF = @SYSCONFCONF@
- 
--PROCESS_REPLACE = -e "s+@KRB5RCTMPDIR+$(KRB5RCTMPDIR)+" \
--		  -e "s+@PREFIX+$(INSTALL_PREFIX)+" \
--		  -e "s+@EXEC_PREFIX+$(INSTALL_EXEC_PREFIX)+" \
--		  -e "s+@BINDIR+$(BINDIR)+" \
--		  -e "s+@LIBDIR+$(LIBDIR)+" \
--		  -e "s+@SBINDIR+$(SBINDIR)+" \
--		  -e "s+@MODULEDIR+$(MODULE_DIR)+" \
--		  -e "s+@GSSMODULEDIR+$(GSS_MODULE_DIR)+" \
--		  -e 's+@LOCALSTATEDIR+$(LOCALSTATEDIR)+' \
--		  -e 's+@RUNSTATEDIR+$(RUNSTATEDIR)+' \
--		  -e 's+@SYSCONFDIR+$(SYSCONFDIR)+' \
--		  -e 's+@DYNOBJEXT+$(DYNOBJEXT)+' \
--		  -e 's+@SYSCONFCONF+$(SYSCONFCONF)+'
-+PROCESS_REPLACE = -e "s\"@KRB5RCTMPDIR\"$(KRB5RCTMPDIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@PREFIX\"$(INSTALL_PREFIX)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@EXEC_PREFIX\"$(INSTALL_EXEC_PREFIX)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@BINDIR\"$(BINDIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@LIBDIR\"$(LIBDIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@SBINDIR\"$(SBINDIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@MODULEDIR\"$(MODULE_DIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@GSSMODULEDIR\"$(GSS_MODULE_DIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@LOCALSTATEDIR\"$(LOCALSTATEDIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@RUNSTATEDIR\"$(RUNSTATEDIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@SYSCONFDIR\"$(SYSCONFDIR)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@DYNOBJEXT\"$(DYNOBJEXT)\"" \
-+		  -e "s\"@SYSCONFCONF\"$(SYSCONFCONF)\""
- 
- OSCONFSRC = $(srcdir)/osconf.hin
-