diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
index de305474a3abc..a255639db0072 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , acl
 , attr
 , autoreconfHook
@@ -23,36 +22,22 @@
 , cmake
 , nix
 , samba
-, buildPackages
 }:
 
-let
-  autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;
-in
 assert xarSupport -> libxml2 != null;
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libarchive";
-  version = "3.6.2";
+  version = "3.7.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libarchive";
     repo = "libarchive";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-wQbA6vlXH8pnpY7LJLkjrRFEBpcaPR1SqxnK71UVwxg=";
+    hash = "sha256-p2JgJ/rvqaQ6yyXSh+ehScUH565ud5bQncl+lOnsWfc=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # fixes static linking; upstream in releases after 3.6.2
-    # https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1825 merged upstream
-    (assert finalAttrs.version == "3.6.2"; fetchpatch {
-      name = "001-only-add-iconv-to-pc-file-if-needed.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/1f35c466aaa9444335a1b854b0b7223b0d2346c2.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-lb+zwWSH6/MLUIROvu9I/hUjSbb2jOWO755WC/r+lbY=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = let
     skipTestPaths = [
       # test won't work in nix sandbox