diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.nix
similarity index 72%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.nix
index 9cb9c448c1d..5df29b38a26 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib
 , postgresql, libmysqlclient, libgeotiff, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
 , libpng, sqlite, libspatialite, poppler, hdf4, qhull, giflib, expat
 , libiconv, libxml2
@@ -9,22 +9,13 @@ with lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gdal";
-  version = "2.4.0";
+  version = "2.4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "09qgy36z0jc9w05373m4n0vm4j54almdzql6z9p9zr9pdp61syf3";
+    sha256 = "1n6w0m2603q9cldlz0wyscp75ci561dipc36jqbf3mjmylybv0x3";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "CVE-2019-17545.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/8cd2d2eb6327cf782a74dae263ffa6f89f46c93d.patch";
-      stripLen = 1;
-      sha256 = "06h88a659jcqf6ps1m91qy78s6s9krbkwnz28f5qh7032vlp6qpw";
-    })
-  ];
-
   buildInputs = [ unzip libjpeg libtiff libgeotiff libpng proj openssl sqlite
     libspatialite poppler hdf4 qhull giflib expat libxml2 proj ]
   ++ (with pythonPackages; [ python numpy wrapPython ])
@@ -60,19 +51,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       #ifdef swap\
       #undef swap\
       #endif' ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mysql/ogr_mysql.h
-    # poppler 0.73.0 support
-    patch -lp2 <${
-      fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/29f4dfbcac2de718043f862166cd639ab578b552.diff";
-        sha256 = "1h2rsjjrgwqfgqzppmzv5jgjs1dbbg8pvfmay0j9y0618qp3r734";
-      }
-    } || true
-    patch -p2 <${
-      fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/19967e682738977e11e1d0336e0178882c39cad2.diff";
-        sha256 = "12yqd77226i6xvzgqmxiac5ghdinixh8k2crg1r2gnhc0xlc3arj";
-      }
-    }
   '';
 
   # - Unset CC and CXX as they confuse libtool.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7c74d2f01c..1c47b917853 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13687,7 +13687,7 @@ in
 
   gdal_1_11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal/gdal-1_11.nix { };
 
-  gdal_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix { };
+  gdal_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal/2.4.nix { };
 
   gdcm = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdcm { };