diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/default.nix
index c8cb13022e26..8763591d05e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/default.nix
@@ -3,19 +3,15 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   pname = "mod_auth_mellon";
-  version = "0.17.0";
+  version = "0.18.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "latchset";
     repo = "mod_auth_mellon";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "03bkvqkmqq72ff1a8cpvpcxngnlz1p6433y2fkkynpjfr19cna2s";
+    sha256 = "0alfa8hz09jdg29bi1mvhwyr2nl0nvss2a2kybrcjvdw1fx6vijn";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./fixdeps.patch
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ apacheHttpd autoconf automake curl glib lasso libtool libxml2 libxslt openssl xmlsec ];
 
@@ -29,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/latchset/mod_auth_mellon";
     description = "An Apache module with a simple SAML 2.0 service provider";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/fixdeps.patch b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/fixdeps.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f814ad60368..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_auth_mellon/fixdeps.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
-index 1388c91..ab28982 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ DISTFILES=$(SRC) \
- all:	mod_auth_mellon.la
- 
- mod_auth_mellon.la: $(SRC) auth_mellon.h auth_mellon_compat.h
--	@APXS2@ -Wc,"-std=c99 @MELLON_CFLAGS@ @OPENSSL_CFLAGS@ @LASSO_CFLAGS@ @CURL_CFLAGS@ @GLIB_CFLAGS@ @CFLAGS@" -Wl,"@OPENSSL_LIBS@ @LASSO_LIBS@ @CURL_LIBS@ @GLIB_LIBS@" -Wc,-Wall -Wc,-g -c $(SRC)
-+	@APXS2@ -Wc,"-std=c99 @MELLON_CFLAGS@ @OPENSSL_CFLAGS@ @LASSO_CFLAGS@ @CURL_CFLAGS@ @GLIB_CFLAGS@ @CFLAGS@ @LIBXML2_CFLAGS@ @XMLSEC_CFLAGS@ @CFLAGS@" -Wl,"@OPENSSL_LIBS@ @LASSO_LIBS@ @CURL_LIBS@ @GLIB_LIBS@ @LIBXML2_LIBS@ @XMLSEC_LIBS@" -Wc,-Wall -Wc,-g -c $(SRC)
- 
- 
- # Building configure (for distribution)
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 421b952..e62768e 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ AC_SUBST(GLIB_LIBS)
- 
- AC_SUBST(MELLON_CFLAGS)
- 
-+#include <libxml/uri.h>
-+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBXML2, libxml-2.0)
-+AC_SUBST(LIBXML2_CFLAGS)
-+AC_SUBST(LIBXML2_LIBS)
-+
-+#include <xmlsec/xmlenc.h>
-+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XMLSEC, xmlsec1-openssl)
-+AC_SUBST(XMLSEC_CFLAGS)
-+AC_SUBST(XMLSEC_LIBS)
-+
- # Test to see if we can include lasso/utils.h
- # AC_CHECK_HEADER won't work correctly unless we specifiy the include directories
- # found in the LASSO_CFLAGS. Save and restore CFLAGS and CPPFLAGS.