diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
index 345b1341c0f4..649b34e75692 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
@@ -7,16 +7,14 @@
 assert stdenv.system != "powerpc-linux";
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  ver = "1.21.3";
+  ver = "1.23.1";
   name = "recoll-${ver}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "66f039f08b149d5e4840664d4a636f6b55145b02072f87aab83282ebe0cd593a";
+    sha256 = "0si407qm47ndy0l6zv57lqb5za4aiv0lyghnzb211g03szjkfpg8";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./nodeblayout.patch ./versionawk.patch ];
-
   configureFlags = [ "--with-inotify" ];
 
   buildInputs = [ qt4 xapian file python bison];
@@ -61,6 +59,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jcumming ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.jcumming ];
   };
 }