diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/je/jemalloc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/je/jemalloc/package.nix
index 4c353c3617aa..56c26cc29d1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/je/jemalloc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/je/jemalloc/package.nix
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ assert lib.asserts.assertOneOf "pageSizeKiB" (toString pageSizeKiB) (
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "jemalloc";
-  version = "5.3.1";
+  version = "5.4.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jemalloc";
     repo = "jemalloc";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-uGQppR2LS/Hhx4eWnavPDW3tzMyI1Df4XYrWEMQwBuw=";
+    hash = "sha256-T3f+BWk+/LeB2Ul7If7TqtJH7qYLq53CcYaU82EMeSg=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -61,16 +61,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # A (longer) patch addressing the failure posted upstream at:
     # https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/pull/2954
     ./skip-extent-test-with-prof-active.patch
-
-    # the nonstandard `std::__throw_bad_alloc` is no longer exposed in gcc 16.
-    # this makes it conditional on exceptions and defers to either
-    # `throw std::bad_alloc()` or `std::terminate` as appropriate.
-    # https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/pull/2900
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "jemalloc-dont-use-nonstandard-throw-bad-alloc.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/commit/1a15fe33a48c52bfe26ea83e49f0d317a47da3ea.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-pL9fo8UMSbFlHCo3LFFkw0qBsdrVHcEJIkLutZYa2Yg=";
-    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [