diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
index 84dc14451532..415995a828d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, meson, ninja, makeWrapper, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, makeWrapper, pkgconfig
 , appstream-glib, desktop-file-utils, python3
 , gtk, girara, ncurses, gettext, libxml2
 , file, sqlite, glib, texlive, libintl, libseccomp
@@ -11,20 +11,13 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "zathura-core-${version}";
-  version = "0.3.9";
+  version = "0.4.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/download/zathura-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0z09kz92a2n8qqv3cy8bx5j5k612g2f9mmh4szqlc7yvi39aax1g";
+    sha256 = "1j0yah09adv3bsjhhbqra5lambal32svk8fxmf89wwmcqrcr4qma";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = https://git.pwmt.org/pwmt/zathura/commit/4223464db68529f9a2064ed760fb7746b3c0df6b.patch;
-      sha256 = "004j68b7c8alxzyx0d80lr5i43cgh7lbqm5fx3d77ihci7hdmxnw";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson ninja pkgconfig appstream-glib desktop-file-utils python3.pkgs.sphinx
     gettext makeWrapper libxml2