diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/yara/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/yara/default.nix
index a03763603382..36a77102eb43 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/yara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/yara/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , autoreconfHook
 , pcre
 , pkg-config
@@ -16,23 +15,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "yara";
-  version = "4.4.0";
+  version = "4.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "VirusTotal";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-axHFy7YwLhhww+lh+ORyW6YG+T385msysIHK5SMyhMk=";
+    hash = "sha256-AecHsUBtBleUkWuYMQ4Tx/PY8cs9j7JwqncBziJD0hA=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "musl.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/515ed861cf30e154b14a69ffd46c347fb81df72f.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-2scnUyz0SSkNRlsVQapPgI1ATIPXEogqtxbimYYq4Jo=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     pkg-config