diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/default.nix
index 0be36379f33..b927a38abd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/default.nix
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ let
     else
       throw "openjdk requires i686-linux or x86_64 linux";
 
-  update = "6";
+  update = "40";
 
-  build = "24";
+  build = "43";
 
 in
 
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "openj${if jreOnly then "re" else "dk"}-7u${update}b${build}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.java.net/download/openjdk/jdk7u6/promoted/b24/openjdk-7u6-fcs-src-b24-28_aug_2012.zip";
-    sha256 = "1x1iq8ga0hqqh0bpcmydzzy19757hknn2yvgzib85p7b7dx0vfx9";
+    url = http://www.java.net/download/openjdk/jdk7u40/promoted/b43/openjdk-7u40-fcs-src-b43-26_aug_2013.zip;
+    sha256 = "15h5nmbw6yn5596ccakqdbs0vd8hmslsfg5sfk8wmjvn31bfmy00";
   };
 
 #  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (! jreOnly) [ "jre" ];
@@ -90,10 +90,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       openjdk/jdk/src/solaris/native/sun/java2d/x11/XRSurfaceData.c
   '';
 
-  patches = [
-    ./cppflags-include-fix.patch
-    ./no-crypto-restrictions.patch
-  ];
+  patches = [ ./cppflags-include-fix.patch ];
 
   makeFlags = [
     "SORT=${coreutils}/bin/sort"
@@ -108,6 +105,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "DEVTOOLS_PATH="
     "UNIXCOMMAND_PATH="
     "BOOTDIR=${jdk}"
+    "UNLIMITED_CRYPTO=1"
   ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/no-crypto-restrictions.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/no-crypto-restrictions.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 427ef353466..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/no-crypto-restrictions.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur openjdk-orig/jdk/make/javax/crypto/Makefile openjdk/jdk/make/javax/crypto/Makefile
---- openjdk-orig/jdk/make/javax/crypto/Makefile	2011-06-27 13:18:45.000000000 -0400
-+++ openjdk/jdk/make/javax/crypto/Makefile	2012-11-08 14:12:01.360718616 -0500
-@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
- #
- 
- ifdef OPENJDK
--all: build-jar install-jar build-policy install-limited
-+all: build-jar install-jar build-policy install-unlimited
- else  # OPENJDK
- ifeq ($(strip $(FILES_java)),)
- all: