diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/patchutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/patchutils/default.nix
index 28b3b6ed5b7..75922a6c830 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/patchutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/patchutils/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "patchutils-0.3.4";
+  name = "patchutils-0.3.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/patchutils/stable/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0xp8mcfyi5nmb5a2zi5ibmyshxkb1zv1dgmnyn413m7ahgdx8mfg";
+    sha256 = "0g5df00cj4nczrmr4k791l7la0sq2wnf8rn981fsrz1f3d2yix4i";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./drop-comments.patch ]; # we would get into a cycle when using fetchpatch on this one