diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hstr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hstr/default.nix
index 888c7892514..bb31be1ad27 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hstr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hstr/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, readline, ncurses
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, readline, ncurses
 , autoreconfHook, pkg-config, gettext }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "hstr";
-  version = "2.3";
+  version = "2.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "dvorka";
     repo   = "hstr";
     rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "1chmfdi1dwg3sarzd01nqa82g65q7wdr6hrnj96l75vikwsg986y";
+    sha256 = "sha256-qIMnU+gRR3HPAOrrrduN68R5E8ZJKROfZ0sEHL0E4XU=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # pull pending upstream inclusion fix for ncurses-6.3:
-    #  https://github.com/dvorka/hstr/pull/435
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "ncurses-6.3.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/dvorka/hstr/commit/7fbd852c464ae3cfcd2f4fed9c62a21fb84c5439.patch";
-      sha256 = "15f0ja4bsh4jnchcg0ray8ijpdraag7k07ss87a6ymfs1rg6i0jr";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ readline ncurses gettext ];