diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/bug-1217-segfaults.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/bug-1217-segfaults.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 572619d51588..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/bug-1217-segfaults.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -pru liferea-1.14.3-orig/src/common.c liferea-1.14.3/src/common.c
---- liferea-1.14.3-orig/src/common.c	2023-03-23 20:36:21.000000000 +0100
-+++ liferea-1.14.3/src/common.c	2023-03-24 23:34:08.971922545 +0100
-@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ common_init_paths (void)
- 	common_check_dir (g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir(), "liferea", NULL));
- 	common_check_dir (g_build_filename (g_get_user_data_dir(), "liferea", NULL));
- 
-+	pathsChecked = TRUE;
-+
- 	/* Install default stylesheet if it does not yet exist */
- 	filename = common_create_config_filename ("liferea.css");
- 	if (!g_file_test (filename, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
-@@ -95,8 +97,6 @@ common_init_paths (void)
- 	umask (077);
- 
- 	g_free (lifereaCachePath);
--
--	pathsChecked = TRUE;
- }
- 
- gchar *
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
index f67bb6e4167c..d7966e3fc4e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea/default.nix
@@ -24,18 +24,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "liferea";
-  version = "1.14.3";
+  version = "1.14.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/lwindolf/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "VmEyGXrePdnRzRldSOOfiB55KBu7w9x4Y9vA8gufot4=";
+    sha256 = "MD1Qx+4/y1wdIllHFPuthLZMLiMdox0FFpVE7tcdYu8=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/lwindolf/liferea/issues/1217
-    ./bug-1217-segfaults.patch
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     wrapGAppsHook
     python3Packages.wrapPython