diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
index f8c5a213ee3..e6769285fc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
-  version = "1.6.2";
+  version = "1.7.2";
 
   name = "sword-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.6/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1fc71avaxkhx6kckjiflw6j02lpg569b9bzaksq49i1m87awfxmg";
+    url = "http://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.7/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "ac7aace0ecb7a405d4b4b211ee1ae5b2250bb5c57c9197179747c9e830787871";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig icu clucene_core curl ];
 
-  # because curl/types.h disappeared since at least curl 7.21.7
-  patches = [ ./dont_include_curl_types_h.patch ./gcc47.patch ];
-
   prePatch = ''
     patchShebangs .;
   '';
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://www.crosswire.org/sword/;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     license = "GPLv2";
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.piotr ];
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.piotr stdenv.lib.maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/dont_include_curl_types_h.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/dont_include_curl_types_h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 233d59a3243..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/dont_include_curl_types_h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/mgr/curlftpt.cpp b/src/mgr/curlftpt.cpp
-index 7d2fd3c..046291e 100644
---- a/src/mgr/curlftpt.cpp
-+++ b/src/mgr/curlftpt.cpp
-@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
- #include <fcntl.h>
- 
- #include <curl/curl.h>
--#include <curl/types.h>
- #include <curl/easy.h>
- 
- #include <swlog.h>
-diff --git a/src/mgr/curlhttpt.cpp b/src/mgr/curlhttpt.cpp
-index b736050..229d4dd 100644
---- a/src/mgr/curlhttpt.cpp
-+++ b/src/mgr/curlhttpt.cpp
-@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
- #include <cctype>
- 
- #include <curl/curl.h>
--#include <curl/types.h>
- #include <curl/easy.h>
- 
- #include <swlog.h>
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/gcc47.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/gcc47.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b55de75b64..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sword/gcc47.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/419505
-
-
---- a/include/multimapwdef.h
-+++ b/include/multimapwdef.h
-@@ -12,21 +12,21 @@ class multimapwithdefault : public std::multimap<Key, T, Compare> {
- public:
- 	typedef std::pair<const Key, T> value_type;
- 	T& getWithDefault(const Key& k, const T& defaultValue) {
--		if (find(k) == this->end()) {
--			insert(value_type(k, defaultValue));
-+		if (this->find(k) == this->end()) {
-+			this->insert(value_type(k, defaultValue));
- 		}
--		return (*(find(k))).second;
-+		return (*(this->find(k))).second;
- 	}
- 
- 	T& operator[](const Key& k) {
--		if (find(k) == this->end()) {
--			insert(value_type(k, T()));
-+		if (this->find(k) == this->end()) {
-+			this->insert(value_type(k, T()));
- 		}
--		return (*(find(k))).second;
-+		return (*(this->find(k))).second;
- 	}
- 	bool has(const Key& k, const T &val) const {
--		typename std::multimap<Key, T, Compare>::const_iterator start = lower_bound(k);
--		typename std::multimap<Key, T, Compare>::const_iterator end = upper_bound(k);
-+		typename std::multimap<Key, T, Compare>::const_iterator start = this->lower_bound(k);
-+		typename std::multimap<Key, T, Compare>::const_iterator end = this->upper_bound(k);
- 		for (; start!=end; start++) {
- 			if (start->second == val)
- 				return true;