diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/minify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/minify/default.nix
index 85c1083c6a6d..3e3d139bec4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/minify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/minify/default.nix
@@ -9,18 +9,16 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "minify";
-  version = "2.12.7";
+  version = "2.12.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tdewolff";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-V3lFM58ciU9RrIp5s+ZMaCUAfRJxbTuQxusXhLCiGmI=";
+    hash = "sha256-5p1HWXx9kKKaiC0dTQDd1JpRDhKkDGdnDpuz+I0kgpo=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./update-go-version-mod.patch ];
-
-  vendorHash = "sha256-v3ZPaeE1YW9BRXHxGsmN8tHv3ApOY+NivfePctOmYlM=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-RBBCcqahIF1KjnK/Kxr0TZlRJirFffo9Dt40gNk5EQE=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
@@ -47,5 +45,6 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/tdewolff/minify";
     changelog = "https://github.com/tdewolff/minify/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gaelreyrol ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/minify/update-go-version-mod.patch b/pkgs/development/web/minify/update-go-version-mod.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f8178cdf980..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/web/minify/update-go-version-mod.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
-index cebe363..f9ae9c8 100644
---- a/go.mod
-+++ b/go.mod
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- module github.com/tdewolff/minify/v2
- 
--go 1.13
-+go 1.18
- 
- require (
- 	github.com/cheekybits/is v0.0.0-20150225183255-68e9c0620927 // indirect