diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/default.nix
index 19cdb884bd1a..0e9efb028ba8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, readline }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "socat-1.7.3.1";
+  name = "socat-1.7.3.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1apvi7sahcl44arnq1ad2y6lbfqnmvx7nhz9i3rkk0f382anbnnj";
+    sha256 = "0lcj6zpra33xhgvhmz9l3cqz10v8ybafb8dd1yqkwf1rhy01ymp3";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl readline ];
 
-  patches = [ ./enable-ecdhe.patch ./libressl-fixes.patch ];
-
   hardeningEnable = [ "pie" ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/enable-ecdhe.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/enable-ecdhe.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ad63ec287bcf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/enable-ecdhe.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- socat-1.7.3.0/xio-openssl.c	2015-01-24 15:33:42.000000000 +0100
-+++ socat-1.7.3.0-ecdhe/xio-openssl.c	2015-01-25 13:38:54.353641097 +0100
-@@ -960,7 +960,6 @@
-       }
-    }
-
--#if defined(EC_KEY)	/* not on Openindiana 5.11 */
-    {
-       /* see http://openssl.6102.n7.nabble.com/Problem-with-cipher-suite-ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384-td42229.html */
-       int	 nid;
-@@ -982,7 +981,6 @@
-
-       SSL_CTX_set_tmp_ecdh(*ctx, ecdh);
-    }
--#endif /* !defined(EC_KEY) */
-
- #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L
-    if (opt_compress) {
-