diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libebml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libebml/default.nix
index 00fc506add7f..bded3d072353 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libebml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libebml/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,16 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libebml";
-  version = "1.4.2";
+  version = "1.4.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "Matroska-Org";
     repo   = "libebml";
     rev    = "release-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1hiilnabar826lfxsaflqjhgsdli6hzzhjv8q2nmw36fvvlyks25";
+    sha256 = "sha256-36SfZUHJ2sIvrrHox583cQqfWWcrL2zW1IHzgDchC9g=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Upstream fix for gcc-11
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/f0bfd53647961e799a43d918c46cf3b6bff89806.patch";
-      sha256 = "1yd6rsds03kwx5jki4hihd2bpfh26g5l1pi82qzaqzarixdxwzvl";
-      excludes = [ "ChangeLog" ];
-    })
-    # in master post 1.4.2, see https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/issues/97
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-pkg-config.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/42fbae35d291b737f2bb4ad5d643fd0d48537a88.patch";
-      sha256 = "020qp4a3l60mcm4n310ynxbbv5qlpmybb9xy10pjvx4brp83pmy3";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [