diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
index 3b0be542976..43f207fede7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , llvmPackages, libffi, libomxil-bellagio, libva-minimal
 , libelf, libvdpau, python3Packages
 , libglvnd
-, patchelf, autoreconfHook, fetchFromGitHub
 , enableRadv ? true
 , galliumDrivers ? ["auto"]
 , driDrivers ? ["auto"]
@@ -148,16 +147,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   depsBuildBuild = [ pkgconfig ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    (patchelf.overrideAttrs (pa: {
-      src = fetchFromGitHub {
-        owner = "NixOS";
-        repo = "patchelf";
-        rev = "61bc10176"; # current master; what matters is merge of #225
-        sha256 = "0cy77mn77w3mn64ggp20f4ygnbxfjmddhjjhfwkva53lsirg6w93";
-      };
-      nativeBuildInputs = pa.nativeBuildInputs or [] ++ [ autoreconfHook ];
-    }))
-  ] ++ [
     pkgconfig meson ninja
     intltool bison flex file
     python3Packages.python python3Packages.Mako
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
index 5d2309333a6..1d31709ccf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 # files.
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "patchelf-0.11";
+  pname = "patchelf";
+  version = "0.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://nixos.org/releases/patchelf/${name}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "16ms3ijcihb88j3x6cl8cbvhia72afmfcphczb9cfwr0gbc22chx";
+    url = "https://github.com/NixOS/${pname}/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "14npmdxppmh0ci140w8i8cy7zg1pnqg81a1mdsnza711ab7k36k9";
   };
 
   setupHook = [ ./setup-hook.sh ];