diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/generic.nix
index 0c1b7831412..17b3033c31d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/generic.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (args // rec {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml;
-    branch = "4.03";
+    branch = versionNoPatch;
     license = with licenses; [
       qpl /* compiler */
       lgpl2 /* library */