diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-firmware/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-firmware/default.nix
index 01955534bfc7..53b3126705ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-firmware/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-firmware/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages, autoreconfHook, fetchurl, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "alsa-firmware-1.2.1";
+  name = "alsa-firmware-1.2.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://alsa/firmware/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1aq8z8ajpjvcx7bwhwp36bh5idzximyn77ygk3ifs0my3mbpr8mf";
+    sha256 = "sha256-tnttfQi8/CR+9v8KuIqZwYgwWjz1euLf0LzZpbNs1bs=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ (fetchpatch {
-    url = "https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-firmware/commit/a8a478485a999ff9e4a8d8098107d3b946b70288.patch";
-    sha256 = "0zd7vrgz00hn02va5bkv7qj2395a1rl6f8jq1mwbryxs7hiysb78";
-  }) ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
 
   configureFlags = [