diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 9cd38e066d38..d7c196376cb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -73,27 +73,13 @@ let
 
   pdf-tools = melpaBuild rec {
     pname = "pdf-tools";
-    version = "0.80";
+    version = "0.90";
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "politza";
       repo = "pdf-tools";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "1i4647vax5na73basc5dz4lh9kprir00fh8ps4i0l1y3ippnjs2s";
+      sha256 = "0iv2g5kd14zk3r5dzdw7b7hk4b5w7qpbilcqkja46jgxbb6xnpl9";
     };
-    patches = [
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/commit/6505a0e817495b85897c9380161034ae611ddd90.patch;
-        sha256 = "122ycbja8ckaysp58xqfcv11sgpbcp78pll5mywf9hgr0qap9jsy";
-      })
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/commit/ded6341b0e3ad97e8b14f68c1796ba66dc155fd1.patch;
-        sha256 = "0hd2v4c6xq2jzg2m6s5kzs0fldgygf1pnfqd11v6x4w05zvxn6a2";
-      })
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/commit/50a5297b82e26cfd52f6c00645ddc1057099d6a7.patch;
-        sha256 = "107rqzldg06h8k3pmdinkl78dr4xycm570sp2an4ihjmpmph0z39";
-      })
-    ];
     nativeBuildInputs = [ external.pkgconfig ];
     buildInputs = with external; [ autoconf automake libpng zlib poppler ];
     preBuild = "make server/epdfinfo";