diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/lftp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/lftp/default.nix
index 1e1f1bd8b76..c77e20c2413 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/lftp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/lftp/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gnutls, pkgconfig, readline, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lftp-4.6.1";
+  name = "lftp-4.6.3a";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "http://lftp.yar.ru/ftp/${name}.tar.bz2"
       "http://lftp.yar.ru/ftp/old/${name}.tar.bz2"
       ];
-    sha256 = "0w9nb24abqlnjzi30q8s0yv3h0zjxhynliyxwdgnrv0qag0k401s";
+    sha256 = "0846p1z5v997lxaqanj8n1qkv470s8nlhs420kiby67k4j2zl576";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./no-gets.patch ];
-
   buildInputs = [ gnutls pkgconfig readline zlib ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/lftp/no-gets.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/lftp/no-gets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c2cb7c8ae6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/lftp/no-gets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- a/lib/stdio.in.h
-+++ b/lib/stdio.in.h
-@@ -702,10 +702,12 @@
- /* It is very rare that the developer ever has full control of stdin,
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning; besides, C11
-    removed it.  */
-+#ifdef gets
- #undef gets
- #if HAVE_RAW_DECL_GETS
- _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
- #endif
-+#endif
- 
- 
- #if @GNULIB_OBSTACK_PRINTF@ || @GNULIB_OBSTACK_PRINTF_POSIX@