diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
index bebf219d9b25..46d8375fb6bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, pcre, fetchpatch }:
 
 let
-  version = "5.6.2";
+  version = "5.7";
 
   documentation = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/zsh/zsh-${version}-doc.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "05014rg6hkwiv1p56iij8wn2rghmwjxs5qsj3d3xigbwaikk55wq";
+    sha256 = "0pgisyi82pg5mycx1k7vfx9hwzl6zq00r5s9v91lg4gqisvlvagh";
   };
 
 in
@@ -15,18 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/zsh/zsh-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "17iffliqcj4hv91g0bd2sxsyfcz51mfyh97sp2iyrs2p0mndc2x5";
+    sha256 = "04ynid3ggvy6i5c26bk52mq6x5vyrdwgryid9hggmnb1nf8b41vq";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "search-xdg-data-dirs.patch";
-      url = https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh/commit/624219e0e4cbfdfb286e707bd2853f2d7b6a4a7d.patch;
-      sha256 = "0i0g7dc0px57vpklm1f4w20vyc92nv15y09r5clvib2kjkxjy2cf";
-      excludes = [ "ChangeLog" ];
-    })
-  ];
-
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pcre ];
 
   configureFlags = [