diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/inetutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/inetutils/default.nix
index a4bde029ca05..251462ecc27b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/inetutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/inetutils/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "inetutils-1.9.2";
+  name = "inetutils-1.9.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/inetutils/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "04wrm0v7l4890mmbaawd6wjwdv08bkglgqhpz0q4dkb0l50fl8q4";
+    sha256 = "06dshajjpyi9sxi7qfki9gnp5r3nxvyvf81r81gx0x2qkqzqcxlj";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ ncurses /* for `talk' */ ];
 
   configureFlags = "--with-ncurses-include-dir=${ncurses}/include";
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-     # Fix for building on Glibc 2.16.  Won't be needed once the
-     # gnulib in inetutils is updated.
-     sed -i '/gets is a security hole/d' lib/stdio.in.h
-  '';
-
   # Test fails with "UNIX socket name too long", probably because our
   # $TMPDIR is too long.
   #doCheck = true;