diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/default.nix
index c85459c244c9..2ab81728d5ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/default.nix
@@ -28,19 +28,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "pdal";
-  version = "2.7.2";
+  version = "2.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "PDAL";
     repo = "PDAL";
     rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-ukBZLr/iyYQ68sv9JWrR4YP0ahHfGhytgcWKPzrF3Ps=";
+    hash = "sha256-VHcUyYADmNzxZ+Ix56TNuaP9wG+vRlEl71cNM0uMaHg=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./pdal.pc.in.patch
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/pdal.pc.in.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/pdal.pc.in.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d981c0f6a97..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/pdal.pc.in.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/apps/pdal.pc.in b/apps/pdal.pc.in
-index 6885221cacc8..a07ee82cea68 100644
---- a/apps/pdal.pc.in
-+++ b/apps/pdal.pc.in
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
- exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/bin
--libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
-+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
- includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/include
- 
- Name: PDAL