diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
index b8cd2b18bc7..d71b97b9c7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 assert stdenv.isLinux;
 
 let
-  version = "1.5.20";
+  version = "1.5.24";
   baseMakeFlags = ["V=1" "prefix=$out" "SHLIBDIR=$out/lib"];
 in
 
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "klibc-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/libs/klibc/1.5/klibc-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "07683dn18r3k35d6pp0sn88pqcx7dldqx3m6f2gz45i1j094qp7m";
+    url = "http://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/linux/libs/klibc/1.5/klibc-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "18lm32dlj9k2ky9wwk274zmc3jndgrb41b6qm82g3lza6wlw3yki";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./make382.patch ];
-
   # Trick to make this build on nix. It expects to have the kernel sources
   # instead of only the linux kernel headers.
   # So it cannot run the 'make headers_install' it wants to run.
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/make382.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/make382.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e9e9aba4e79..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/make382.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-To avoid an endless loop with gnumake 3.82
-http://www.mail-archive.com/pld-cvs-commit@lists.pld-linux.org/msg228690.html
-
-Index: packages/klibc/klibc-make.patch
---- klibc-1.5.19/scripts/Kbuild.include.orig   2010-08-19 09:39:45.986816591 
-0200
-+++ klibc-1.5.19/scripts/Kbuild.include        2010-08-19 09:49:15.010816591 
-0200
-@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
- # >'< substitution is for echo to work, >$< substitution to preserve $ when reloading .cmd file
- # note: when using inline perl scripts [perl -e '...$$t=1;...'] in $(cmd_xxx) double $$ your perl vars
- #
--if_changed = $(if $(strip $(filter-out $(PHONY),$?)          \
-+if_changed = $(if $(strip $(filter-out $(PHONY) FORCE,$?)          \
- 		$(call arg-check, $(cmd_$(1)), $(cmd_$@)) ), \
- 	@set -e; \
- 	$(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1)); \
-@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
- 
- # execute the command and also postprocess generated .d dependencies
- # file
--if_changed_dep = $(if $(strip $(filter-out $(PHONY),$?)  \
-+if_changed_dep = $(if $(strip $(filter-out $(PHONY) FORCE,$?)  \
- 		$(filter-out FORCE $(wildcard $^),$^)    \
- 	$(call arg-check, $(cmd_$(1)), $(cmd_$@)) ),     \
- 	@set -e; \
-@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
- # Usage: $(call if_changed_rule,foo)
- # will check if $(cmd_foo) changed, or any of the prequisites changed,
- # and if so will execute $(rule_foo)
--if_changed_rule = $(if $(strip $(filter-out $(PHONY),$?)            \
-+if_changed_rule = $(if $(strip $(filter-out $(PHONY) FORCE,$?)            \
- 			$(call arg-check, $(cmd_$(1)), $(cmd_$@)) ),\
- 			@set -e; \
- 			$(rule_$(1)))