diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xpaste/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xpaste/default.nix
index 4c3bb82b7161..88666fd25adc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/xpaste/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xpaste/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,24 @@
 { lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , python3Packages
-, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "xpaste";
-  version = "1.5";
+  version = "1.6";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ossobv";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Z9YxhVP+FUvWET91ob4SPSW+XX7/wzlgPr53vO517L4=";
+    hash = "sha256-eVnoLG+06UTOkvGhzL/XS4JBrEwbXYZ1fuNTIW7YAfE=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
     xlib
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # https://github.com/ossobv/xpaste/pull/6
-      name = "fix-function-call-after-wayland-update.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/ossobv/xpaste/commit/47412738dad4b5fc8bc287ead23c8440bfdc547d.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-t4LZG600AsFTtKjXCxioGcAP4YcHIdQ/fVMIYjsunuA=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   # no tests, no python module to import, no version output to check
   doCheck = false;