diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/default.nix
index f2e057a33058..10891ece56a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/default.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "attr";
-  version = "2.5.2";
+  version = "2.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/attr/attr-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Ob9nRS+kHQlIwhl2AQU/SLPXigKTiXNDMqYwmmgMbIc=";
+    hash = "sha256-1C+jdFExgLtIyxGkZpb0iCQOUST/HmrYiwq/9waYVhI=";
   };
 
   outputs = [
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext ];
 
-  # tools/attr.c: Add missing libgen.h include for basename(3)
-  # Fixes compilation issue with musl and modern C99 compilers.
-  # See: https://bugs.gentoo.org/926294
-  patches = [ ./musl.patch ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     for script in install-sh include/install-sh; do
       patchShebangs $script
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/musl.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/musl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 818161f15243..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/attr/musl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From 8a80d895dfd779373363c3a4b62ecce5a549efb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier" <contact@hacktivis.me>
-Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 10:17:10 +0100
-Subject: tools/attr.c: Add missing libgen.h include for basename(3)
-
-Fixes compilation issue with musl and modern C99 compilers.
-
-See: https://bugs.gentoo.org/926294
----
- tools/attr.c | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/tools/attr.c b/tools/attr.c
-index f12e4af..6a3c1e9 100644
---- a/tools/attr.c
-+++ b/tools/attr.c
-@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <string.h>
- #include <locale.h>
-+#include <libgen.h>
- 
- #include <attr/attributes.h>
- 
--- 
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-