diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
index 87cb582417a2..0a39f47c0cc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/mold/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , lib
 , autoPatchelfHook
 , cmake
@@ -12,23 +11,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mold";
-  version = "0.9.3";
+  version = "0.9.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rui314";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256:1z9i8nvdl9h0zydh1gd9244q96n9x1gh5y90m71bghnh7nws0zmd";
+    sha256 = "0mj258fy8l4i23jd6ail0xrrq3das7lmrf1brrr1591ahx4vjj14";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Intercept all invocations of ld, ld.gold or ld.lld
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/rui314/mold/commit/d25c2553ad3cfa39d99043927db1af2c028b5acf.patch";
-      sha256 = "1ic1dyvjcrj6834n6mw9id50l6nymrfn6hws6pjpy8gjk6mqfvnk";
-    })
-  ];
-
   buildInputs = [ zlib openssl ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook cmake xxHash ];