diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/cygwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/cygwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 25c6b9f06f31..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/cygwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
---- gc-7.2/include/gc.h	2014-06-01 19:00:48.000000000 +0200
-+++ gc-7.2/include/gc.h	2015-05-27 12:55:42.248984200 +0200
-@@ -1386,7 +1386,14 @@
- /* THREAD_LOCAL_ALLOC defined and the initial allocation call is not    */
- /* to GC_malloc() or GC_malloc_atomic().                                */
- 
--#ifdef __CYGWIN32__
-+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
-+#ifdef __x86_64__
-+  extern int __data_start__[], __data_end__[], __bss_start__[], __bss_end__[];
-+#define GC_DATASTART (__data_start__ < __bss_start__ ?\
-+                      (void *)__data_start__ : (void *)__bss_start__)
-+#define GC_DATAEND (__data_end__ < __bss_end__ ?\
-+                      (void *)__data_end__ : (void *)__bss_end__)
-+#else
-   /* Similarly gnu-win32 DLLs need explicit initialization from the     */
-   /* main program, as does AIX.                                         */
-   extern int _data_start__[], _data_end__[], _bss_start__[], _bss_end__[];
-@@ -1394,6 +1401,7 @@
-                        (void *)_data_start__ : (void *)_bss_start__)
- # define GC_DATAEND (_data_end__ > _bss_end__ ? \
-                      (void *)_data_end__ : (void *)_bss_end__)
-+#endif
- # define GC_INIT_CONF_ROOTS GC_add_roots(GC_DATASTART, GC_DATAEND); \
-                                  GC_gcollect() /* For blacklisting. */
-         /* Required at least if GC is in a DLL.  And doesn't hurt. */
---- gc-7.2/include/private/gcconfig.h	2014-06-01 19:00:48.000000000 +0200
-+++ gc-7.2/include/private/gcconfig.h	2015-05-27 12:46:01.864338700 +0200
-@@ -441,10 +441,20 @@
- #   endif
- #   define mach_type_known
- # endif
--# if defined(__CYGWIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
-+# if defined(__CYGWIN32__)
- #   define I386
- #   define CYGWIN32
- #   define mach_type_known
-+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
-+#  if defined(__LP64__)
-+#    define X86_64
-+#    define mach_type_known
-+#  else
-+#    define I386
-+#  endif
-+#  define CYGWIN32
-+#  define mach_type_known
-+#endif
- # endif
- # if defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(mach_type_known)
- #   define I386
-@@ -511,6 +521,16 @@
- #    define mach_type_known
- # endif
- 
-+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
-+#  if defined(__LP64__)
-+#    define X86_64
-+#    define mach_type_known
-+#  else
-+#    define I386
-+#  endif
-+#  define CYGWIN32
-+#  define mach_type_known
-+#endif
- /* Feel free to add more clauses here */
- 
- /* Or manually define the machine type here.  A machine type is         */
-@@ -2279,6 +2299,20 @@
- #       define GWW_VDB
- #       define DATAEND  /* not needed */
- #   endif
-+
-+#   ifdef CYGWIN32
-+#       define OS_TYPE "CYGWIN32"
-+#       define DATASTART ((ptr_t)GC_DATASTART)  /* From gc.h */
-+#       define DATAEND   ((ptr_t)GC_DATAEND)
-+#       define ALIGNMENT 8
-+#       undef STACK_GRAN
-+#       define STACK_GRAN 0x10000
-+#       ifdef USE_MMAP
-+#         define NEED_FIND_LIMIT
-+#         define USE_MMAP_ANON
-+#       endif
-+#   endif
-+
- # endif /* X86_64 */
- 
- # ifdef HEXAGON
---- gc-7.2/os_dep.c	2015-05-27 12:25:29.097698800 +0200
-+++ gc-7.2/os_dep.c	2015-05-27 12:48:23.714600800 +0200
-@@ -764,10 +764,16 @@
-     /* gcc version of boehm-gc).                                        */
-     GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_stack_base(struct GC_stack_base *sb)
-     {
-+# ifdef __x86_64__
-+      PNT_TIB pTib = NtCurrentTeb();
-+      void * _tlsbase = pTib->StackBase;
-+      /*void * _tlsbase = NtCurrentTeb()->pTib.StackBase;*/
-+      /*extern void * _tlsbase __asm__ ("%gs:8");*/
-+# else
-       void * _tlsbase;
--
-       __asm__ ("movl %%fs:4, %0"
-                : "=r" (_tlsbase));
-+# endif
-       sb -> mem_base = _tlsbase;
-       return GC_SUCCESS;
-     }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
index fb1f177d9695..96e41790aac8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, enableLargeConfig ? false }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libatomic_ops, enableLargeConfig ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "boehm-gc-7.2g";
+  name = "boehm-gc-7.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.hboehm.info/gc/gc_source/gc-7.2g.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0bvw6cc555qg5b7dgcqy3ryiw0wir79dqy0glff3hjmyy7i2jkjq";
+    url = http://www.hboehm.info/gc/gc_source/gc-7.6.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "143x7g0d0k6250ai6m2x3l4y352mzizi4wbgrmahxscv2aqjhjm1";
   };
-  patches = if stdenv.isCygwin then [ ./cygwin.patch ] else null;
+
+  buildInputs = [ libatomic_ops ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];