diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix
index 6eddcf89b91..0468d2d8a63 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, perlPackages }:
 
+let
+  version = "2.2.2";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "stow-2.2.0";
+  name = "stow-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnu/stow/stow-2.2.0.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "01bbsqjmrnd9925s3grvgjnrl52q4w65imrvzy05qaij3pz31g46";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/stow/stow-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1zd6g9cm3whvy5f87j81j4npl7q6kxl25f7z7p9ahiqfjqs200m0";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl perlPackages.TestOutput ];
-
-  patches = [ ./precedence-issue.patch ];
+  buildInputs = with perlPackages; [ perl IOStringy TestOutput ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/precedence-issue.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/precedence-issue.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d9542573bac..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/stow/precedence-issue.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/Stow.pm.in b/lib/Stow.pm.in
-index 101a422..f80b1ac 100755
---- a/lib/Stow.pm.in
-+++ b/lib/Stow.pm.in
-@@ -1732,8 +1732,8 @@ sub read_a_link {
-     }
-     elsif (-l $path) {
-         debug(4, "  read_a_link($path): real link");
--        return readlink $path
--            or error("Could not read link: $path");
-+        my $target = readlink $path or error("Could not read link: $path ($!)");
-+        return $target;
-     }
-     internal_error("read_a_link() passed a non link path: $path\n");
- }