diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf4/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf4/default.nix
index d5b8291d78e..5e5154111dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf4/default.nix
@@ -9,30 +9,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "hdf";
-  version = "4.2.14";
+  version = "4.2.15";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF/releases/HDF${version}/src/hdf-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0n29klrrbwan9307np0d9hr128dlpc4nnlf57a140080ll3jmp8l";
+    sha256 = "04nbgfxyj5jg4d6sr28162cxbfwqgv0sa7vz1ayzvm8wbbpkbq5x";
   };
 
-  patches = let
-    # The Debian patch revision to fetch from; this may differ from our package
-    # version, but older patches should still apply.
-    patchRev = "4.2.13-4";
-    getPatch = name: sha256: fetchpatch {
-      inherit sha256;
-      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian-gis-team/hdf4/raw/debian/${patchRev}/debian/patches/${name}";
-    };
-
-  in [
-    (getPatch "64bit"                     "1xqk9zpch4m6ipa0f3x2cm8rwaz4p0ppp1vqglvz18j6q91p8b5y")
-    (getPatch "hdfi.h"                    "01fr9csylnvk9jd9jn9y23bvxy192s07p32pr76mm3gwhgs9h7r4")
-    (getPatch "hdf-4.2.10-aarch64.patch"  "1hl0xw5pd9xhpq49xpwgg7c4z6vv5p19x6qayixw0myvgwj1r4zn")
-    (getPatch "reproducible-builds.patch" "02j639w26xkxpxx3pdhbi18ywz8w3qmjpqjb83n47gq29y4g13hc")
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    cmake
     libjpeg
     szip
     zlib