diff --git a/pkgs/servers/osrm-backend/darwin.patch b/pkgs/servers/osrm-backend/darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0aa57e4e1b81..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/osrm-backend/darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index e49fac2..25e3302 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ option(ENABLE_GLIBC_WORKAROUND "Workaround GLIBC symbol exports" OFF)
- 
- list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
- 
-+IF(APPLE)
-+    set(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT "-lpthread")
-+    set(CMAKE_HAVE_THREADS_LIBRARY 1)
-+    set(CMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS_INIT 0)
-+    set(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT 1)
-+    set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
-+ENDIF()
-+
- if(ENABLE_MASON)
-   # versions in use
-   set(MASON_BOOST_VERSION "1.65.1")
-@@ -405,7 +413,8 @@ endif()
- if(APPLE)
-   set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.10")
-   execute_process(COMMAND xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-+  execute_process(COMMAND uname -m OUTPUT_VARIABLE JAMBA_OSX_NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
--  set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64")
-+  set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "${JAMBA_OSX_NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE}")
-+  message(STATUS "Set Architecture to ${JAMBA_OSX_NATIVE_ARCHITECTURE} on OS X")
--  message(STATUS "Set Architecture to x64 on OS X")
-   exec_program(uname ARGS -v  OUTPUT_VARIABLE DARWIN_VERSION)
-   string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+" DARWIN_VERSION ${DARWIN_VERSION})
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/osrm-backend/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/osrm-backend/default.nix
index bf1d588ff1a6..23a3d85b91e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/osrm-backend/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/osrm-backend/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,47 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, pkg-config, bzip2, libxml2, libzip, boost179, lua, luabind, tbb, expat}:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
+  cmake,
+  pkg-config,
+  bzip2,
+  libxml2,
+  libzip,
+  boost,
+  lua,
+  luabind,
+  tbb,
+  expat,
+  nixosTests,
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "osrm-backend";
-  version = "5.26.0";
+  version = "5.27.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "Project-OSRM";
-    repo   = "osrm-backend";
+    owner = "Project-OSRM";
+    repo = "osrm-backend";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-kqRYE26aeq7nCen56TJo3BlyLFWn4NMltsq+re64/VQ=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-3oA/U5O4GLfwMF7x99JQuFK7ewDrLJLh6BBLYfnyNaM=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ bzip2 libxml2 libzip boost179 lua luabind tbb expat ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    bzip2
+    libxml2
+    libzip
+    boost
+    lua
+    luabind
+    tbb
+    expat
+  ];
 
   patches = [
     # gcc-13 build fix:
@@ -23,8 +51,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/commit/af59a9cfaee4d601b5c88391624a05f2a38da17b.patch";
       hash = "sha256-dB9JP/DrJXpFGLD/paein2z64UtHIYZ17ycb91XWpEI=";
     })
-
-    ./darwin.patch
   ];
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
@@ -35,13 +61,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Wno-error=array-bounds"
   ];
 
-  postInstall = "mkdir -p $out/share/osrm-backend && cp -r ../profiles $out/share/osrm-backend/profiles";
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/osrm-backend
+    cp -r ../profiles $out/share/osrm-backend/profiles
+  '';
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) osrm-backend;
+  };
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki";
     description = "Open Source Routing Machine computes shortest paths in a graph. It was designed to run well with map data from the Openstreetmap Project";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers;[ erictapen ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ erictapen ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 61530ac2ca3a..2a8e717d4047 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25429,7 +25429,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   openxr-loader = callPackage ../development/libraries/openxr-loader { };
 
-  osrm-backend = callPackage ../servers/osrm-backend { };
+  osrm-backend = callPackage ../servers/osrm-backend {
+    tbb = tbb_2021_11;
+    # https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/issues/6503
+    boost = boost179;
+  };
 
   oven-media-engine = callPackage ../servers/misc/oven-media-engine { };