diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
index 033fe79368b7..4cdce2172a21 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "open-vm-tools";
-  version = "11.1.5";
+  version = "11.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "vmware";
     repo   = "open-vm-tools";
     rev    = "stable-${version}";
-    sha256 = "0i8p28hd5wgiay4lgmd9fid5ickwygy6w3xpfzzy8v9z04xc5bg7";
+    sha256 = "125y3zdhj353dmmjmssdaib2zp1jg5aiqmvpgkrzhnh5nx2icfv6";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/open-vm-tools";
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ fuse glib icu libdnet libmspack libtirpc openssl pam procps rpcsvc-proto xercesc ]
       ++ lib.optionals withX [ gdk-pixbuf-xlib gtk3 gtkmm3 libX11 libXext libXinerama libXi libXrender libXrandr libXtst ];
 
-  patches = [
-    ./recognize_nixos.patch
-    ./find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch #See https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/438
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
      # Build bugfix for 10.1.0, stolen from Arch PKGBUILD
      mkdir -p common-agent/etc/config
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6606c50e77d9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/appUtil/Makefile.am b/lib/appUtil/Makefile.am
-index a0d8e391..899cd4e9 100644
---- a/lib/appUtil/Makefile.am
-+++ b/lib/appUtil/Makefile.am
-@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ libAppUtil_la_SOURCES =
- libAppUtil_la_SOURCES += appUtil.c
- libAppUtil_la_SOURCES += appUtilX11.c
- 
--AM_CFLAGS = @GTK_CPPFLAGS@
-+AM_CFLAGS =
-+AM_CFLAGS += @GTK_CPPFLAGS@
-+AM_CFLAGS += @GDK_PIXBUF_XLIB2_CPPFLAGS@
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/recognize_nixos.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/recognize_nixos.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 95b0951b5853..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/recognize_nixos.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/include/guest_os.h b/lib/include/guest_os.h
-index 868dec68..0b9a2ad7 100644
---- a/lib/include/guest_os.h
-+++ b/lib/include/guest_os.h
-@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ Bool Gos_InSetArray(uint32 gos, const uint32 *set);
- #define STR_OS_MANDRAKE_FULL      "Mandrake Linux"
- #define STR_OS_MANDRIVA           "mandriva"
- #define STR_OS_MKLINUX            "MkLinux"
-+#define STR_OS_NIXOS              "NixOS"
- #define STR_OS_NOVELL             "nld9"
- #define STR_OS_NOVELL_FULL        "Novell Linux Desktop 9"
- #define STR_OS_ORACLE6            "oraclelinux6"
-diff --git a/lib/misc/hostinfoPosix.c b/lib/misc/hostinfoPosix.c
-index 348a67ec..5f8beb2b 100644
---- a/lib/misc/hostinfoPosix.c
-+++ b/lib/misc/hostinfoPosix.c
-@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ static const DistroInfo distroArray[] = {
-    { "Mandrake",           "/etc/mandrake-release"      },
-    { "Mandriva",           "/etc/mandriva-release"      },
-    { "MkLinux",            "/etc/mklinux-release"       },
-+   { "NixOS",              "/etc/os-release"            },
-    { "Novell",             "/etc/nld-release"           },
-    { "OracleLinux",        "/etc/oracle-release"        },
-    { "Photon",             "/etc/lsb-release"           },
-@@ -865,6 +866,8 @@ HostinfoGetOSShortName(const char *distro,      // IN: full distro name
-       }
-    } else if (strstr(distroLower, "mandrake")) {
-       Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_MANDRAKE, distroShortSize);
-+   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "nixos")) {
-+      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_NIXOS, distroShortSize);
-    } else if (strstr(distroLower, "turbolinux")) {
-       Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_TURBO, distroShortSize);
-    } else if (strstr(distroLower, "sun")) {