diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/connect-timeout.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/connect-timeout.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1edb1f70b9b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/connect-timeout.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc curl-7.19.3-orig/lib/connect.c curl-7.19.3/lib/connect.c
-*** curl-7.19.3-orig/lib/connect.c	2009-01-02 23:30:50.000000000 +0100
---- curl-7.19.3/lib/connect.c	2009-01-21 15:04:08.000000000 +0100
-***************
-*** 115,121 ****
-  singleipconnect(struct connectdata *conn,
-                  const Curl_addrinfo *ai, /* start connecting to this */
-                  long timeout_ms,
-!                 bool *connected);
-  
-  /*
-   * Curl_timeleft() returns the amount of milliseconds left allowed for the
---- 115,122 ----
-  singleipconnect(struct connectdata *conn,
-                  const Curl_addrinfo *ai, /* start connecting to this */
-                  long timeout_ms,
-!                 bool *connected,
-!                 bool *timed_out);
-  
-  /*
-   * Curl_timeleft() returns the amount of milliseconds left allowed for the
-***************
-*** 541,546 ****
---- 542,548 ----
-  {
-    curl_socket_t sockfd;
-    Curl_addrinfo *ai;
-+   bool timed_out;
-  
-    /* first close the failed socket */
-    sclose(conn->sock[sockindex]);
-***************
-*** 554,560 ****
-    ai = conn->ip_addr->ai_next;
-  
-    while(ai) {
-!     sockfd = singleipconnect(conn, ai, 0L, connected);
-      if(sockfd != CURL_SOCKET_BAD) {
-        /* store the new socket descriptor */
-        conn->sock[sockindex] = sockfd;
---- 556,562 ----
-    ai = conn->ip_addr->ai_next;
-  
-    while(ai) {
-!     sockfd = singleipconnect(conn, ai, 0L, connected, &timed_out);
-      if(sockfd != CURL_SOCKET_BAD) {
-        /* store the new socket descriptor */
-        conn->sock[sockindex] = sockfd;
-***************
-*** 714,720 ****
-  singleipconnect(struct connectdata *conn,
-                  const Curl_addrinfo *ai,
-                  long timeout_ms,
-!                 bool *connected)
-  {
-    struct Curl_sockaddr_ex addr;
-    char addr_buf[128];
---- 716,723 ----
-  singleipconnect(struct connectdata *conn,
-                  const Curl_addrinfo *ai,
-                  long timeout_ms,
-!                 bool *connected,
-!                 bool *timed_out)
-  {
-    struct Curl_sockaddr_ex addr;
-    char addr_buf[128];
-***************
-*** 730,735 ****
---- 733,740 ----
-    struct sockaddr_in6 * const sa6 = (void *)&addr.sa_addr;
-  #endif
-  
-+   *timed_out = FALSE;
-+ 
-    /*
-     * The Curl_sockaddr_ex structure is basically libcurl's external API
-     * curl_sockaddr structure with enough space available to directly hold
-***************
-*** 880,887 ****
-      infof(data, "connected\n");
-      return sockfd;
-    }
-!   else if(WAITCONN_TIMEOUT == rc)
-      infof(data, "Timeout\n");
-    else {
-      data->state.os_errno = error;
-      infof(data, "%s\n", Curl_strerror(conn, error));
---- 885,894 ----
-      infof(data, "connected\n");
-      return sockfd;
-    }
-!   else if(WAITCONN_TIMEOUT == rc) {
-!     *timed_out = TRUE;
-      infof(data, "Timeout\n");
-+   }
-    else {
-      data->state.os_errno = error;
-      infof(data, "%s\n", Curl_strerror(conn, error));
-***************
-*** 911,918 ****
-    int num_addr;
-    Curl_addrinfo *ai;
-    Curl_addrinfo *curr_addr;
-  
--   struct timeval after;
-    struct timeval before = Curl_tvnow();
-  
-    /*************************************************************
---- 918,925 ----
-    int num_addr;
-    Curl_addrinfo *ai;
-    Curl_addrinfo *curr_addr;
-+   bool timed_out;
-  
-    struct timeval before = Curl_tvnow();
-  
-    /*************************************************************
-***************
-*** 955,973 ****
-         curr_addr = curr_addr->ai_next, aliasindex++) {
-  
-      /* start connecting to the IP curr_addr points to */
-!     sockfd = singleipconnect(conn, curr_addr, timeout_per_addr, connected);
-  
-      if(sockfd != CURL_SOCKET_BAD)
-        break;
-  
-!     /* get a new timeout for next attempt */
-!     after = Curl_tvnow();
-!     timeout_ms -= Curl_tvdiff(after, before);
-!     if(timeout_ms < 0) {
-        failf(data, "connect() timed out!");
-        return CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT;
-      }
--     before = after;
-    }  /* end of connect-to-each-address loop */
-  
-    *sockconn = sockfd;    /* the socket descriptor we've connected */
---- 962,978 ----
-         curr_addr = curr_addr->ai_next, aliasindex++) {
-  
-      /* start connecting to the IP curr_addr points to */
-!     sockfd = singleipconnect(conn, curr_addr, timeout_per_addr, connected, &timed_out);
-  
-      if(sockfd != CURL_SOCKET_BAD)
-        break;
-  
-!     /* if this is the last address and it timed out, propagate the
-!        timeout to the caller */
-!     if(!curr_addr->ai_next && timed_out) {
-        failf(data, "connect() timed out!");
-        return CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT;
-      }
-    }  /* end of connect-to-each-address loop */
-  
-    *sockconn = sockfd;    /* the socket descriptor we've connected */
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index 57ce663080a..7aee342f4a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ assert sslSupport -> openssl != null;
 assert scpSupport -> libssh2 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "curl-7.21.0";
+  name = "curl-7.22.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://curl.haxx.se/download/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1fl7sh38i746b57aqjqjaykwq4rhm2p1phzrgnc2h6wm2k2b95gy";
+    sha256 = "04ji7v06f33y6plvikwj283ad6fxxxjpm7as9xw25c924f3dm85x";
   };
 
   # Zlib and OpenSSL must be propagated because `libcurl.la' contains
@@ -59,17 +59,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace configure --replace /usr/bin /no-such-path
   '';
 
-  patches = [
-    /* Fixes broken retry support when a timeout is used.  The
-       select() system call (used to wait for the connection to come
-       up) can return slightly before the computed deadline (a few
-       milliseconds).  Curl will think the problem is something else,
-       proceed with the next IP address (which usually doesn't exist),
-       then barf with a CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT error, which is
-       considered non-transient so it won't retry. */
-    ./connect-timeout.patch
-  ];
-
   meta = {
     description = "A command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax";
     homepage = http://curl.haxx.se/;