diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnftnl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnftnl/default.nix
index 66134eaffe09..e136fc1a5585 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnftnl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnftnl/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, libmnl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.2.1";
+  version = "1.2.2";
   pname = "libnftnl";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://netfilter.org/projects/${pname}/files/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0z4khm2mnys9mcl8ckwf19cw20jgrv8650nfncy3xcgs2k2aa23m";
+    hash = "sha256-nvwAT50VkY1o+emOGU1V4DAWjzO7Z8PnpUW3QMntbQo=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nftables/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nftables/default.nix
index 051ca1963051..8339eabb495a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nftables/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nftables/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, bison, file, flex
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, bison, flex
 , asciidoc, libxslt, findXMLCatalogs, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl
 , libmnl, libnftnl, libpcap
 , gmp, jansson, libedit
-, autoreconfHook, fetchpatch
+, autoreconfHook
 , withDebugSymbols ? false
 , withPython ? false , python3
 , withXtables ? true , iptables
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.0.2";
+  version = "1.0.4";
   pname = "nftables";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "00jcjn1pl7qyqpg8pd4yhlkys7wbj4vkzgg73n27nmplzips6a0b";
+    hash = "sha256-kn+x/qH2haMowQz3ketlXX4e1J0xDupcsxAd/Y1sujU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
-    pkg-config bison file flex
+    pkg-config bison flex
     asciidoc docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl findXMLCatalogs libxslt
   ];
 
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ lib.optional withXtables iptables
     ++ lib.optional withPython python3;
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace ./configure --replace /usr/bin/file ${file}/bin/file
-  '';
-
-  patches = [
-    # fix build after 1.0.2 release, drop when updating to a newer release
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://git.netfilter.org/nftables/patch/?id=18a08fb7f0443f8bde83393bd6f69e23a04246b3";
-      sha256 = "03dzhd7fhg0d20ly4rffk4ra7wlxp731892dhp8zw67jwhys9ywz";
-    })
-  ];
-
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-json"
     "--with-cli=editline"