diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/disable-libatomic-darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/disable-libatomic-darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ac6c2ef895..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/disable-libatomic-darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/node.gyp
-+++ b/node.gyp
-@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
-           '-Wl,-bnoerrmsg',
-         ],
-       }],
--      ['OS in ("linux", "mac") and llvm_version != "0.0"', {
-+      ['OS == "linux" and llvm_version != "0.0"', {
-         'libraries': ['-latomic'],
-       }],
-     ],
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v12.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v12.nix
index 1cb11037e56..e8a4634773d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v12.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v12.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, openssl, icu, enableNpm ? true }:
+{ callPackage, openssl, icu, enableNpm ? true }:
 
 let
   buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix { inherit openssl icu; };
 in
   buildNodejs {
     inherit enableNpm;
-    version = "12.15.0";
-    sha256 = "06x8sma4rxbw0mxj0l4438lfpv9abxmnw2ibamq1acng1jl4zyyj";
-
-    patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./disable-libatomic-darwin.patch ];
+    version = "12.16.0";
+    sha256 = "09grij355z210mkzkzarb6gwz8b02lnaxzdll1249kiz8wvhdjdq";
   }