diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/spawn-fcgi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/spawn-fcgi/default.nix
index 7c11aa8e8378..b39e2b8fbf76 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/spawn-fcgi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/spawn-fcgi/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "spawn-fcgi-${version}";
-  version = "1.6.3";
+  version = "1.6.4";
 
   src = fetchsvn {
     url = "svn://svn.lighttpd.net/spawn-fcgi/tags/spawn-fcgi-${version}";
-    sha256 = "06f0zw3rja42d9vg8j68nqkm3mn5pfzzhwfadpvs4aidh6kz9p42";
+    sha256 = "07r6nwbg4881mdgp0hqh80c4x9wb7jg6cgc84ghwhfbd2abc2iq5";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ automake autoconf ];
 
-  patches = [ ./show_version.patch ];
-
   preConfigure = ''
     ./autogen.sh
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/spawn-fcgi/show_version.patch b/pkgs/servers/http/spawn-fcgi/show_version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 90c64ed66209..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/spawn-fcgi/show_version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/spawn-fcgi.c b/src/spawn-fcgi.c
-index 7f3f594..2f1046f 100644
---- a/src/spawn-fcgi.c
-+++ b/src/spawn-fcgi.c
-@@ -405,8 +405,7 @@ static int find_user_group(const char *user, const char *group, uid_t *uid, gid_
- 
- static void show_version () {
- 	write(1, CONST_STR_LEN(
--		PACKAGE_DESC \
--		"Build-Date: " __DATE__ " " __TIME__ "\n"
-+		PACKAGE_DESC "\n"
- 	));
- }
-