diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/default.nix
index dbd209a57a2f..ee5c348eb6be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ipe-7.2.7";
+  name = "ipe-7.2.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://dl.bintray.com/otfried/generic/ipe/7.2/${name}-src.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "08lzqhagvr8l69hxghyw9akf5dixbily7hj2gxhzzrp334k3yvfn";
+    sha256 = "1i0h0q32xvbb0d3y2ff76jxnaw05hjf2z5gzww886z8arxwar1xn";
   };
 
   # changes taken from Gentoo portage
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./xlocale.patch ];
-
   #TODO: make .desktop entry
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/xlocale.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/xlocale.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b440831d81b4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ipe/xlocale.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- ipe-7.2.7/src/ipelib/ipeplatform.cpp     2016-12-09 15:09:04.000000000 +0100
-+++ ipe-7.2.7/src/ipelib/ipeplatform.cpp     2017-11-23 17:13:11.152395834 +0100
-@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
- #include <gdiplus.h>
- #else
- #include <sys/wait.h>
--#include <xlocale.h>
- #include <dirent.h>
- #endif
- #ifdef __APPLE__