diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/malcontent/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/malcontent/default.nix
index bd8988390c91..8bc2ada9b65a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/malcontent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/malcontent/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "malcontent";
-  version = "0.6.0";
+  version = "0.7.0";
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "man" "installedTests" ];
 
@@ -30,16 +30,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "pwithnall";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "COh6N3CmLIcxx6tW4jcP0m6TZv0Z1YJUM/nlG0RzYHQ=";
+    sha256 = "cP2l6nl6cuBQYwkmBj8APu/vH3jTeScXf3ffcuSfqlM=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     # Allow installing installed tests to a separate output.
     ./installed-tests-path.patch
-
-    # This is unnecessary and breaks when submodules are not available.
-    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent/merge_requests/3
-    ./use-system-dependencies.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/malcontent/use-system-dependencies.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/malcontent/use-system-dependencies.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8920b1f4a999..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/malcontent/use-system-dependencies.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 3575224..0abea63 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ polkit_gobject = dependency('polkit-gobject-1')
- polkitpolicydir = polkit_gobject.get_pkgconfig_variable('policydir',
-   define_variable: ['prefix', prefix])
- 
--libglib_testing = subproject('libglib-testing')
- libglib_testing_dep = dependency(
--  'libglib-testing',
-+  'glib-testing-0',
-   fallback: ['libglib-testing', 'libglib_testing_dep'],
- )
-