diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/lxd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/lxd/default.nix
index a94cf1d37ec5..424d97a47299 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/lxd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/lxd/default.nix
@@ -8,24 +8,15 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "lxd";
-  version = "3.11";
+  version = "3.12";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/lxc/lxd";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/lxc/lxd/releases/download/${pname}-${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0xxzrwhyzzp23arj57vjs1yh91gy3r4wpd5qy9ksifzd390clf2x";
+    sha256 = "0m2cq41mz5209csr07gsnmslqvqdxk2p1l2saa23ddnaybqnjy16";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/go-dqlite/commit/88a96df66e3e3bdc290fd4a0d41615d284d2c92c.patch;
-      sha256 = "0z6r4shh1rlf0in9xk1gi6ms2kcvplc3878106d2zzzfz7ad83a4";
-      extraPrefix = "dist/src/github.com/CanonicalLtd/go-dqlite/";
-      stripLen = 1;
-    })
-  ];
-
   preBuild = ''
     # unpack vendor
     pushd go/src/github.com/lxc/lxd