diff --git a/srcpkgs/darcs/patches/ghc8.8.3.patch b/srcpkgs/darcs/patches/ghc8.8.3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e942322d2a..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/darcs/patches/ghc8.8.3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- darcs.cabal.orig	2020-04-01 15:06:15.179438340 +0200
-+++ darcs.cabal	2020-04-01 15:02:41.203492315 +0200
-@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@
-                    Cabal     >= 1.24,
-                    process   >= 1.2.3.0 && < 1.7,
-                    filepath  >= 1.4.1 && < 1.5.0.0,
--                   directory >= 1.2.6.2 && < 1.4
-+                   directory >= 1.2.6.2 && < 1.4,
-+                   containers >= 0.5.6.2 && < 0.7
-+
-
- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- -- darcs library
diff --git a/srcpkgs/darcs/template b/srcpkgs/darcs/template
index 2046506f41..7c7710f12c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/darcs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/darcs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'darcs'
 pkgname=darcs
-version=2.14.4
+version=2.16.1
 revision=1
 build_style=haskell-stack
 hostmakedepends="unzip"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://darcs.net/"
 distfiles="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e7721151000857a6ab53d7ee82a3d3e8e741b19c2cff0da2a2c9dc1285026762
+checksum=00efd85509724e278412ec4317ea23a5ac491833b464f64c75c39de4563c03e1
 nopie_files="/usr/bin/darcs"
 nocross=yes