diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libffiReal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libffiReal/package.nix
index 3ccee9419fc5..be10e7392350 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libffiReal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libffiReal/package.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libffi";
-  version = "3.7.0";
+  version = "3.7.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url =
       with finalAttrs;
       "https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-IlXFpjjftRv2fCChKnu3DRf+senqurrAX1VzFG9YZDY=";
+    hash = "sha256-1emmY43b0lE921RRjrZ+S75vpwe8wBwQ9iEvCgiNgZ0=";
   };
 
   # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./freebsd-tsan-pthread.patch
   ];
 
-  # To workaround https://github.com/libffi/libffi/issues/993, we empty the test file:
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "echo 'int main (void) { return 0; }' > testsuite/libffi.call/i128-1.c";
-
   strictDeps = true;
   outputs = [
     "out"