diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/musl-fixes.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/musl-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eb2a6bc980eb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/musl-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/libhashkit/fnv_64.cc b/libhashkit/fnv_64.cc
-index 68e4dd0..64656b7 100644
---- a/libhashkit/fnv_64.cc
-+++ b/libhashkit/fnv_64.cc
-@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
- 
- 
- #include <libhashkit/common.h>
-+#include <limits.h>
- 
--#if __WORDSIZE == 64 && defined(HAVE_FNV64_HASH)
-+#if (LONG_BITS == 64) && defined(HAVE_FNV64_HASH)
- 
- /* FNV hash'es lifted from Dustin Sallings work */
- static uint64_t FNV_64_INIT= 0xcbf29ce484222325;
-diff --git a/libhashkit/has.cc b/libhashkit/has.cc
-index 843e32e..4153e5e 100644
---- a/libhashkit/has.cc
-+++ b/libhashkit/has.cc
-@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
- 
- 
- #include <libhashkit/common.h>
-+#include <limits.h>
- 
- bool libhashkit_has_algorithm(const hashkit_hash_algorithm_t algo)
- {
-@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ bool libhashkit_has_algorithm(const hashkit_hash_algorithm_t algo)
-   {
-   case HASHKIT_HASH_FNV1_64:
-   case HASHKIT_HASH_FNV1A_64:
--#if __WORDSIZE == 64 && defined(HAVE_FNV64_HASH)
-+#if (LONG_BITS == 64) && defined(HAVE_FNV64_HASH)
-     return true;
- #else
-     return false;
-diff --git a/libtest/cmdline.cc b/libtest/cmdline.cc
-index 29a22de..161c646 100644
---- a/libtest/cmdline.cc
-+++ b/libtest/cmdline.cc
-@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ using namespace libtest;
- #include <algorithm>
- #include <stdexcept>
- 
--#ifndef __USE_GNU
-+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
- static char **environ= NULL;
- #endif
- 
-@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Application::error_t Application::run(const char *args[])
- 
-   fatal_assert(posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(&spawnattr, &mask) == 0);
- 
--#if defined(POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK) || defined(__linux__)
-+#if defined(POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK) || defined(__GLIBC__)
-   // Use USEVFORK on linux
-   flags |= POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK;
- #endif
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/package.nix
index dfcd86d022de..e28220062207 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/package.nix
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  bison,
+  cmake,
+  flex,
   cyrus_sasl,
   libevent,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libmemcached";
-  version = "1.0.18";
+  version = "1.1.4";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://launchpad.net/libmemcached/${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/${finalAttrs.version}/+download/libmemcached-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "10jzi14j32lpq0if0p9vygcl2c1352hwbywzvr9qzq7x6aq0nb72";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "awesomized";
+    repo = "libmemcached";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-jEw6L2/139oo4sGprl9Xp0DTarxAK1bEF2ak2kHWSAs=";
   };
 
-  # Fix linking against libpthread (patch from Fedora)
-  # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037707
-  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/libmemcached/+bug/1281907
-  # Fix building on macOS (patch from Homebrew)
-  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/libmemcached/+bug/1245562
-  patches =
-    lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ./libmemcached-fix-linking-with-libpthread.patch
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew/bfd4a0a4626b61c2511fdf573bcbbc6bbe86340e/Library/Formula/libmemcached.rb";
-      sha256 = "1gjf3vd7hiyzxjvlg2zfc3y2j0lyr6nhbws4xb5dmin3csyp8qb8";
-    })
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ./musl-fixes.patch;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    bison
+    cmake
+    flex
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DENABLE_SASL=ON"
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libevent ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ cyrus_sasl ];
 
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpermissive";
-
   meta = {
-    homepage = "https://libmemcached.org";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/awesomized/libmemcached";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/awesomized/libmemcached/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/ChangeLog-${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}.md";
     description = "Open source C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;