diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/cve-2014-2894.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/cve-2014-2894.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f4bcfc06ad..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/cve-2014-2894.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-
-diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
-index e1dfe54..c943a4d 100644
---- a/hw/ide/core.c
-+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
-@@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ static bool cmd_smart(IDEState *s, uint8_t cmd)
-         case 2: /* extended self test */
-             s->smart_selftest_count++;
-             if (s->smart_selftest_count > 21) {
--                s->smart_selftest_count = 0;
-+                s->smart_selftest_count = 1;
-             }
-             n = 2 + (s->smart_selftest_count - 1) * 24;
-             s->smart_selftest_data[n] = s->sector;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index ac9b3448a14..176d196b064 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
 , x86Only ? false
 }:
 
-let n = "qemu-1.7.1"; in
+let n = "qemu-2.0.0"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = n + (if x86Only then "-x86-only" else "");
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://wiki.qemu.org/download/${n}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1x5y06zhp0gc97g1sb98vf7dkawg63xywv0mbnpfnbi20jh452fn";
+    sha256 = "0frsahiw56jr4cqr9m6s383lyj4ar9hfs2wp3y4yr76krah1mk30";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./cve-2014-0150.patch ./cve-2014-2894.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./cve-2014-0150.patch ];
 
   buildInputs =
     [ python zlib pkgconfig glib ncurses perl pixman attr libcap