diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
index 5c3bbeb3c048..e5503e9d4cdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/qutebrowser/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, fetchzip, fetchpatch, python3
+{ lib, fetchurl, fetchzip, python3
 , mkDerivationWith, wrapQtAppsHook, wrapGAppsHook, qtbase, qtwebengine, glib-networking
 , asciidoc, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, libxml2
 , libxslt, gst_all_1 ? null
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ let
 
 in mkDerivationWith python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "qutebrowser";
-  version = "2.2.0";
+  version = "2.2.1";
 
   # the release tarballs are different from the git checkout!
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256:0anxhrkxqb35mxr7jr820xcfw0v514s92wffsiqap2a2sqaj0pgs";
+    sha256 = "sha256-JHymxnNPdMsVma3TUKCS+iRCe9J7I0A6iISP5OXtJm8=";
   };
 
   # Needs tox
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@ in mkDerivationWith python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./fix-restart.patch
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "add-qtwebengine-version-override.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/febb921040b6670d9b1694a6ce55ae39384d1306.patch";
-      sha256 = "15p11kk8via7c7m14jiqgzc63qwxxzayr2bkl93jd10l2gx7pk9v";
-    })
   ];
 
   dontWrapGApps = true;