diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/3.2.1-cygwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/3.2.1-cygwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b38dbd1c16..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/3.2.1-cygwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- libffi-3.2.1/src/closures.c	2014-11-08 13:47:24.000000000 +0100
-+++ libffi-3.2.1/src/closures.c	2015-05-19 10:15:50.059325900 +0200
-@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
- #include <sys/mman.h>
- 
- /* Cygwin is Linux-like, but not quite that Linux-like.  */
-+#define is_emutramp_enabled() 0
- #define is_selinux_enabled() 0
- 
- #endif /* !defined(X86_WIN32) && !defined(X86_WIN64) */
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
index 2918276ef211..de3d91eda9c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libffi/default.nix
@@ -7,45 +7,17 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libffi-3.2.1";
+  name = "libffi-3.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0dya49bnhianl0r65m65xndz6ls2jn1xngyn72gd28ls3n7bnvnh";
+    sha256 = "0mi0cpf8aa40ljjmzxb7im6dbj45bb0kllcd09xgmp834y9agyvj";
   };
 
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isCygwin ./3.2.1-cygwin.patch
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isAarch64 (fetchpatch {
-      url = https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libffi/raw/ccffc1700abfadb0969495a6e51b964117fc03f6/f/libffi-aarch64-rhbz1174037.patch;
-      sha256 = "1vpirrgny43hp0885rswgv3xski8hg7791vskpbg3wdjdpb20wbc";
-    })
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gnu-linux-define.patch";
-      url = "https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/plain/main/libffi/gnu-linux-define.patch?id=bb024fd8ec6f27a76d88396c9f7c5c4b5800d580";
-      sha256 = "11pvy3xkhyvnjfyy293v51f1xjy3x0azrahv1nw9y9mw8bifa2j2";
-    })
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV (fetchpatch {
-      name = "riscv-support.patch";
-      url = https://github.com/sorear/libffi-riscv/commit/e46492e8bb1695a19bc1053ed869e6c2bab02ff2.patch;
-      sha256 = "1vl1vbvdkigs617kckxvj8j4m2cwg62kxm1clav1w5rnw9afxg0y";
-    })
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isMips [
-      (fetchpatch {
-        name = "0001-mips-Use-compiler-internal-define-for-linux.patch";
-        url = "http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/plain/meta/recipes-support/libffi/libffi/0001-mips-Use-compiler-internal-define-for-linux.patch?id=318e33a708378652edcf61ce7d9d7f3a07743000";
-        sha256 = "1gc53lw90p6hc0cmhj3csrwincfz7va5ss995ksw5gm0yrr9mrvb";
-      })
-      (fetchpatch {
-        name = "0001-mips-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch";
-        url = "http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/plain/meta/recipes-support/libffi/libffi/0001-mips-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch?id=318e33a708378652edcf61ce7d9d7f3a07743000";
-        sha256 = "0l8xgdciqalg4z9rcwyk87h8fdxpfv4hfqxwsy2agpnpszl5jjdq";
-      })
-    ];
+  patches = [];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" "info" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV autoreconfHook;
-
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-gcc-arch=generic" # no detection of -march= or -mtune=
     "--enable-pax_emutramp"
@@ -62,15 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   dontStrip = stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform; # Don't run the native `strip' when cross-compiling.
 
-  # Install headers and libs in the right places.
-  postFixup = ''
-    mkdir -p "$dev/"
-    mv "$out/lib/${name}/include" "$dev/include"
-    rmdir "$out/lib/${name}"
-    substituteInPlace "$dev/lib/pkgconfig/libffi.pc" \
-      --replace 'includedir=''${libdir}/libffi-3.2.1' "includedir=$dev"
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A foreign function call interface library";
     longDescription = ''