diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/default.nix
index 0f8801ef58eb..bef8de495ad3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cifs-utils-5.6";
+  name = "cifs-utils-6.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0f619nw1163bcmfc83mmqj31qdkl68wfm81vynx3d8q0m0k1ll7i";
+    sha256 = "0cydya7l7xwxk2j1g1659kbvb4jzql11ivb6cldwwfg19qvnwrrl";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./find-systemd-ask-password-via-path.patch ];
-
   makeFlags = "root_sbindir=$(out)/sbin";
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/find-systemd-ask-password-via-path.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/find-systemd-ask-password-via-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 428cb75edadf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/find-systemd-ask-password-via-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff -ubr cifs-utils-5.9-orig/mount.cifs.c cifs-utils-5.9/mount.cifs.c
---- cifs-utils-5.9-orig/mount.cifs.c	2013-03-05 10:53:19.375464790 +0100
-+++ cifs-utils-5.9/mount.cifs.c	2013-03-05 11:41:40.704946110 +0100
-@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@
- }
- 
- /*
-- * If systemd is running and /bin/systemd-ask-password --
-+ * If systemd is running and systemd-ask-password --
-  * is available, then use that else fallback on getpass(..)
-  *
-  * Returns: @input or NULL on error
-@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@
- 		FILE *ask_pass_fp = NULL;
- 
- 		cmd = ret = NULL;
--		if (asprintf(&cmd, "/bin/systemd-ask-password \"%s\"", prompt) >= 0) {
-+		if (asprintf(&cmd, "/run/current-system/sw/bin/systemd-ask-password \"%s\"", prompt) >= 0) {
- 			ask_pass_fp = popen (cmd, "re");
- 			free (cmd);
- 		}
-Only in cifs-utils-5.9/: mount.cifs.c.orig