diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/micropython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/micropython/default.nix
index 2e0b587acfde..7591e997beb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/micropython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/micropython/default.nix
@@ -1,44 +1,24 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , pkg-config
-, libffi
 , python3
+, libffi
 , readline
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "micropython";
-  version = "1.15";
+  version = "1.17";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "micropython";
     repo   = "micropython";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "11bf1lq4kgfs1nzg5cnshh2dqxyk5w2k816i04innri6fj0g7y6p";
+    sha256 = "0aqij36iykmfdsv5dqrifvghmjx7qid8hmbxcpx3xpk3nizh7w84";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  # drop the following patches when upgrading to 1.16
-  patches = [
-    # fix build with modern clang https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/7254
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/micropython/micropython/commit/126b1c727118352923703719a2a3d45b9fad3c97.patch";
-      sha256 = "13a2bmz24syhd1qsqbx39dcjkjdhf05ln7lanh816m94lkfib21j";
-    })
-    # fix build with modern clang https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/7254
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/micropython/micropython/commit/7ceccad4e2f1e9d073f5781c32e5b377e8391a25.patch";
-      sha256 = "04mbxmb5yr6pbhhf9villq8km4wy579r46v9p4n0ysivrxij7i6f";
-    })
-    # fix build on aarch64-darwin https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/7393
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/micropython/micropython/commit/95048129b1d93854c25f501c02801929aeeb23f0.patch";
-      sha256 = "1cngcwq4jviyhdnfcrrkdadfikhffzbj0d634j0344cp247jb41n";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config python3 ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libffi readline ];
@@ -78,6 +58,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://micropython.org";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sgo ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak sgo ];
   };
 }