diff --git a/pkgs/games/2048-in-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/games/2048-in-terminal/default.nix
index 59012227aeda..2ffefb601125 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/2048-in-terminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/2048-in-terminal/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,16 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, ncurses, pkg-config }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "2048-in-terminal";
-  version = "unstable-2021-09-12";
+  version = "unstable-2022-06-13";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    sha256 = "1jgacyimn59kxqhrk8jp13qayc2mncxhx393spqcxbz0sj6lxq9p";
-    rev = "466abe827638598e40cb627d2b017fe8f76b3a14";
-    repo = "2048-in-terminal";
     owner = "alewmoose";
+    repo = "2048-in-terminal";
+    rev = "bf22f868a2e0e572f22153468585ec0226a4b8b2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Y5ZQYWOiG3QZZsr+d7olUDGAQ1LhRG9X2hBNQDx+Ztw=";
   };
 
-  # Fix pending upstream inclusion for ncurses-6.3 support:
-  #  https://github.com/alewmoose/2048-in-terminal/pull/6
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "ncurses-6.3.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/alewmoose/2048-in-terminal/commit/b1c78dc4b3cca3a193b1afea1ab85a75966823cf.patch";
-      sha256 = "05ibpgr83r7zxsak2l0gaf33858bp0sp0mjfdpmcmw745z3jw7q1";
-    })
-  ];
-
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];