diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dtc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dtc/default.nix
index 5fbf929d5e52..ed35bec87c06 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dtc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dtc/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchzip
-, fetchpatch
 , meson
 , ninja
 , flex
@@ -16,59 +15,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "dtc";
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "1.7.1";
 
   src = fetchzip {
     url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git/snapshot/dtc-v${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-FMh3VvlY3fUK8fbd0M+aCmlUrmG9YegiOOQ7MOByffc=";
+    hash = "sha256-Zl2bOGDJIe/bhMFNsy969JYCYqtXTOzgb+bbOlKqOco=";
   };
 
-  # Big pile of backports.
-  # FIXME: remove all of these after next upstream release.
-  patches = let
-    fetchUpstreamPatch = { rev, hash }: fetchpatch {
-      name = "dtc-${rev}.patch";
-      url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git/patch/?id=${rev}";
-      inherit hash;
-    };
-  in [
-    # meson: Fix cell overflow tests when running from meson
-    (fetchUpstreamPatch {
-      rev = "32174a66efa4ad19fc6a2a6422e4af2ae4f055cb";
-      hash = "sha256-C7OzwY0zq+2CV3SB5unI7Ill2M3deF7FXeQE3B/Kx2s=";
-    })
-
-    # Use #ifdef NO_VALGRIND
-    (fetchUpstreamPatch {
-      rev = "41821821101ad8a9f83746b96b163e5bcbdbe804";
-      hash = "sha256-7QEFDtap2DWbUGqtyT/RgJZJFldKB8oSubKiCtLZ0w4=";
-    })
-
-    # dtc: Fix linker options so it also works in Darwin
-    (fetchUpstreamPatch {
-      rev = "71a8b8ef0adf01af4c78c739e04533a35c1dc89c";
-      hash = "sha256-uLXL0Sjcn+bnMuF+A6PjUW1Rq6uNg1dQl58zbeYpP/U=";
-    })
-
-    # meson: allow disabling tests
-    (fetchUpstreamPatch {
-      rev = "bdc5c8793a13abb8846d115b7923df87605d05bd";
-      hash = "sha256-cO4f/jJX/pQL7kk4jpKUhsCVESW2ZuWaTr7z3BuvVkw=";
-    })
-
-    # meson: fix installation with meson-python
-    (fetchUpstreamPatch {
-      rev = "3fbfdd08afd2a7a25b27433f6f5678c0fe694721";
-      hash = "sha256-skK8m1s4xkK6x9AqzxiEK+1uMEmS27dBI1CdEXNFTfU=";
-    })
-
-    # pylibfdt: fix get_mem_rsv for newer Python versions
-    (fetchUpstreamPatch {
-      rev = "822123856980f84562406cc7bd1d4d6c2b8bc184";
-      hash = "sha256-IJpRgP3pP8Eewx2PNKxhXZdsnomz2AR6oOsun50qAms=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = finalAttrs.version;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -88,12 +41,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs setup.py
-
-    # meson.build: bump version to 1.7.0
-    substituteInPlace libfdt/meson.build \
-      --replace "version: '1.6.0'," "version: '${finalAttrs.version}',"
-    substituteInPlace meson.build \
-      --replace "version: '1.6.0'," "version: '${finalAttrs.version}',"
   '';
 
   # Required for installation of Python library and is innocuous otherwise.