diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index 5c6510e8cab8..a8c2dda8ea8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ let
   buildType = "release";
   # Remember to change the extpackRev and version in extpack.nix and
   # guest-additions/default.nix as well.
-  main = "0lp584a350ya1zn03lhgmdbi91yp8yfja9hlg2jz1xyfj2dc869l";
-  version = "6.0.6";
+  main = "11sxx2zaablkvjiw0i5g5i5ibak6bsq6fldrcxwbcby6318shnhv";
+  version = "6.0.8";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "virtualbox-${version}";
 
@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
      optional enableHardening ./hardened.patch
   ++ [
     ./qtx11extras.patch
-    # https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18620
-    ./fix_kbuild.patch
-    # https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18621
-    ./fix_module_makefile_sed.patch
-    # https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=92815
-    ./fix_printk_test.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/extpack.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/extpack.nix
index d26909ad79aa..a748a0adbba0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/extpack.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/extpack.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 with lib;
 
-let version = "6.0.6";
+let version = "6.0.8";
 in
 fetchurl rec {
   name = "Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${version}.vbox-extpack";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fetchurl rec {
   sha256 =
     # Manually sha256sum the extensionPack file, must be hex!
     # Thus do not use `nix-prefetch-url` but instead plain old `sha256sum`.
-    let value = "794f023a186bd217c29c3d30bd1434b6e9de3b242c7bf740d06d10f2d3d981c6";
+    let value = "6d89127c7f043fa96592da96ca87ac5ee9a7afd347d788380f91b695b67d7954";
     in assert (builtins.stringLength value) == 64; value;
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_kbuild.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_kbuild.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cafeada7d9e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_kbuild.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN a/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/linux/Makefile b/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/linux/Makefile
---- a/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/linux/Makefile
-+++ b/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/linux/Makefile
-@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
- 	RT_WITH_VBOX \
- 	VBOX_WITH_HARDENING \
- 	VBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS # <-- must be consistent with Config.kmk!
--VBOXMOD_CFLAGS = -include $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -fno-pie -Wno-declaration-after-statement
-+VBOXMOD_CFLAGS = -include $(VBOXNETADPT_DIR)include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -fno-pie -Wno-declaration-after-statement
- 
- include $(obj)/Makefile-footer.gmk
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_module_makefile_sed.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_module_makefile_sed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bfa5a4404be..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_module_makefile_sed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN VirtualBox-6.0.6/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/Makefile.kmk VirtualBox-6.0.6.new/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/Makefile.kmk
---- VirtualBox-6.0.6/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/Makefile.kmk	2019-04-16 12:16:38.000000000 +0200
-+++ VirtualBox-6.0.6.new/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetAdp/Makefile.kmk	2019-05-04 15:19:14.545497602 +0200
-@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
- 		| $$(dir $$@)
- 	$(QUIET)$(RM) -f -- $@
-  ifndef VBOX_WITH_HARDENING
--	$(QUIET)$(SED) -e "s;-DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING;;g" --output $@ $<
-+	$(QUIET)$(SED) -e "s;VBOX_WITH_HARDENING;;g" --output $@ $<
-  else
- 	$(QUIET)$(CP) -f $< $@
-  endif
-diff -urN VirtualBox-6.0.6/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetFlt/Makefile.kmk VirtualBox-6.0.6.new/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetFlt/Makefile.kmk
---- VirtualBox-6.0.6/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetFlt/Makefile.kmk	2019-04-16 12:16:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ VirtualBox-6.0.6.new/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxNetFlt/Makefile.kmk	2019-05-04 15:19:13.809493324 +0200
-@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
- 		| $$(dir $$@)
- 	$(QUIET)$(RM) -f -- $@
-  ifndef VBOX_WITH_HARDENING
--	$(QUIET)$(SED) -e "s;-DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING;;g" --output $@ $<
-+	$(QUIET)$(SED) -e "s;VBOX_WITH_HARDENING;;g" --output $@ $<
-  else
- 	$(QUIET)$(CP) -f $< $@
-  endif
-diff -urN VirtualBox-6.0.6/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/Makefile.kmk VirtualBox-6.0.6.new/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/Makefile.kmk
---- VirtualBox-6.0.6/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/Makefile.kmk	2019-04-16 12:16:40.000000000 +0200
-+++ VirtualBox-6.0.6.new/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/Makefile.kmk	2019-05-04 15:42:12.029664987 +0200
-@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
- 		| $$(dir $$@)
- 	$(QUIET)$(RM) -f -- $@
-  ifndef VBOX_WITH_HARDENING
--	$(QUIET)$(SED) -e "s;-DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING;;g" --output $@ $<
-+	$(QUIET)$(SED) -e "s;VBOX_WITH_HARDENING;;g" --output $@ $<
-  else
- 	$(QUIET)$(CP) -f $< $@
-  endif
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_printk_test.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_printk_test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eceaff2dc61f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/fix_printk_test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN VirtualBox-6.0.6/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c VirtualBox-6.0.6.new/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c
---- VirtualBox-6.0.6/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c	2019-04-16 12:16:37.000000000 +0200
-+++ VirtualBox-6.0.6.new/src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c	2019-05-04 15:59:44.439905223 +0200
-@@ -426,10 +426,8 @@
-     int                 rc;
-     PSUPDRVSESSION      pSession;
-     Log(("VBoxDrvLinuxCreate: pFilp=%p pid=%d/%d %s\n", pFilp, RTProcSelf(), current->pid, current->comm));
--    printk("test1\n");
- 
- #ifdef VBOX_WITH_HARDENING
--    printk("test2\n");
-     /*
-      * Only root is allowed to access the unrestricted device, enforce it!
-      */
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
index 1a5c6c670c85..e0f4f61332cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${version}/VBoxGuestAdditions_${version}.iso";
-    sha256 = "1srcsf9264l5yxbq2x83z66j38blbfrywq5lkzwb5kih6sv548c3";
+    sha256 = "1njgxb18r8a1m8fk2b32mmnbwciip3wcxwyhza5k73bx4q2sifac";
   };
 
   KERN_DIR = "${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtualbox/default.nix
index f2fd4d4a61a8..f795d36207a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   KERN_DIR = "${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build";
 
-  makeFlags = [
-    "-C ${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
-    "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(out)"
-  ];
-  preBuild = "makeFlagsArray+=(\"M=$(pwd)\")";
-  buildFlags = [ "modules" ];
-  installTargets = [ "modules_install" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(out)" ];
+  installTargets = [ "install" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;