diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
index 6730687a3194..62f3f0c4db14 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, lvm2, json_c
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, lvm2, json_c, asciidoctor
 , openssl, libuuid, pkg-config, popt }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cryptsetup";
-  version = "2.4.3";
+  version = "2.5.0";
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "man" ];
   separateDebugInfo = true;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v2.4/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-/A35RRiBciZOxb8dC9oIJk+tyKP4VtR+upHzH+NUtQc=";
+    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v2.5/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-kYSm672c5+shEVLn90GmyC8tHMDiSoTsnFKTnu4PBUI=";
   };
 
-  # Disable 4 test cases that fail in a sandbox
-  patches = [ ./disable-failing-tests.patch ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs tests
 
@@ -39,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-luks2-external-tokens-path=/"
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config asciidoctor ];
   buildInputs = [ lvm2 json_c openssl libuuid popt ];
 
   # The test [7] header backup in compat-test fails with a mysterious
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/disable-failing-tests.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/disable-failing-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1504bf3e1511..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/disable-failing-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur a/tests/blockwise-compat b/tests/blockwise-compat
---- a/tests/blockwise-compat	2018-09-08 12:23:11.706555098 +0200
-+++ b/tests/blockwise-compat	2018-09-08 12:24:24.444393460 +0200
-@@ -148,15 +148,11 @@
- 	# device/file fn_name length
- 	RUN "P" $1 read_buffer $BSIZE
- 	RUN "P" $1 read_buffer $((2*BSIZE))
--	RUN "F" $1 read_buffer $((BSIZE-1))
--	RUN "F" $1 read_buffer $((BSIZE+1))
- 	RUN "P" $1 read_buffer 0
- 
- 	RUN "P" $1 write_buffer $BSIZE
- 	RUN "P" $1 write_buffer $((2*BSIZE))
- 
--	RUN "F" $1 write_buffer $((BSIZE-1))
--	RUN "F" $1 write_buffer $((BSIZE+1))
- 	RUN "F" $1 write_buffer 0
- 
- 	# basic blockwise functions