diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix
index 74368defc9c..9db0055922d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "github";
-  version = "0.7.2";
-  sha256 = "0w8m8ybzb63j1631v2a6xpm727zbj19dv98cml9fyzlxzlvlg5fs";
+  version = "0.7.3";
+  sha256 = "0cb7smydndigkcib4y8pbsycsqyzg45g5vrglyq1h245rd4j6s37";
   buildDepends = [
     aeson attoparsec caseInsensitive conduit dataDefault failure
     hashable HTTP httpConduit httpTypes network text time
     unorderedContainers vector
   ];
-  patches = [ ./fix-build.patch ];
   jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/fpco/github";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/fix-build.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/fix-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d3483b38ec..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/fix-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -ubr github-0.7.2-orig/Github/Private.hs github-0.7.2/Github/Private.hs
---- github-0.7.2-orig/Github/Private.hs	2013-12-15 19:45:00.611789227 +0100
-+++ github-0.7.2/Github/Private.hs	2013-12-15 19:45:46.359954006 +0100
-@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@
-              in Just (Data.List.takeWhile (/= '>') s')
-         else Nothing
- 
--doHttps :: Method -> String -> Maybe GithubAuth
--        -> Maybe (RequestBody (ResourceT IO))
--        -> IO (Either E.SomeException (Response LBS.ByteString))
- doHttps reqMethod url auth body = do
-   let reqBody = fromMaybe (RequestBodyBS $ BS.pack "") body
-       reqHeaders = maybe [] getOAuth auth