diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dconf/default.nix
index 444b1430dd5c..c9c1b9be9228 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dconf/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , meson
 , ninja
 , python3
@@ -19,24 +18,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dconf";
-  version = "0.36.0";
+  version = "0.38.0";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "devdoc" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0bfs069pjv6lhp7xrzmrhz3876ay2ryqxzc6mlva1hhz34ibprlz";
+    sha256 = "0n2gqkp6d61h7gnnp2xnxp6w5wcl7w9ay58krrf729qd6d0hzxj5";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix bash-completion installation
-    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/dconf/merge_requests/58
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/dconf/commit/b3c9423c6151f3c28e526083ea2f04987a780fdf.patch";
-      sha256 = "0kdapiw3zq041jhzsx90kk08vqfgzr6vy2k541iav984d0m0zcnf";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja