diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
index e88a189854f6..68a394044be7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
@@ -12,23 +12,22 @@
 , pkg-config
 , stdenv
 , zstd
-, autoreconfHook
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "man-db";
-  version = "2.12.1";
+  version = "2.13.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/man-db/man-db-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-3e4kna63jPkrq3lMzQacyLV1mSJl6iDiOeiHFW6IAmU=";
+    hash = "sha256-gvBzn09hqrXrk30jTeOwFOd3tVOKKMvTFDPEWuCa77k=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
   outputMan = "out"; # users will want `man man` to work
 
   strictDeps = true;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook groff makeWrapper pkg-config zstd ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ groff makeWrapper pkg-config zstd ];
   buildInputs = [ libpipeline db groff ] # (Yes, 'groff' is both native and build input)
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isFreeBSD libiconvReal;
   nativeCheckInputs = [ (if stdenv.isFreeBSD then libiconvReal else libiconv) ]; # for 'iconv' binary; make very sure it matches buildinput libiconv
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/systemwide-man-db-conf.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/systemwide-man-db-conf.patch
index 2d4477776bb1..5a842470c598 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/systemwide-man-db-conf.patch
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/systemwide-man-db-conf.patch
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ index 5441339..0bbf566 100644
 +				       config_filepath);
  			else
  				error (FAIL, 0,
- 				       _("can't open the manpath "
- 					 "configuration file %s"),
+ 				       _ ("can't open the manpath "
+ 				          "configuration file %s"),
 -				       CONFIG_FILE);
 +				       config_filepath);
  		} else {