diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/taler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/taler/default.nix
index 7dd8978dc2168..0ba7c5f89bb4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/taler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/taler/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, curl, gnunet, jansson, libgcrypt, libmicrohttpd_0_9_72
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, curl, gnunet, jansson, libgcrypt, libmicrohttpd
 , qrencode, libsodium, libtool, libunistring, pkg-config, postgresql
 , autoreconfHook, python39, recutils, wget, jq, gettext, texinfo
 }:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ in rec {
     ];
     buildInputs = [
       libgcrypt
-      libmicrohttpd_0_9_72
+      libmicrohttpd
       jansson
       libsodium
       postgresql
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e60f8c72726b..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{ callPackage, fetchurl }:
-
-callPackage ./generic.nix ( rec {
-  version = "0.9.71";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "10mii4mifmfs3v7kgciqml7f0fj7ljp0sngrx64pnwmgbzl4bx78";
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ef429e339d90..07acb98b5cd94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20633,9 +20633,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libjreen = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjreen { };
 
-  libjson-rpc-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp {
-    libmicrohttpd = libmicrohttpd_0_9_72;
-  };
+  libjson-rpc-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp { };
 
   libjwt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjwt { };
 
@@ -20679,9 +20677,8 @@ with pkgs;
   libmemcached = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmemcached { };
 
   libmicrohttpd_0_9_69 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.69.nix { };
-  libmicrohttpd_0_9_71 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.71.nix { };
   libmicrohttpd_0_9_72 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd/0.9.72.nix { };
-  libmicrohttpd = libmicrohttpd_0_9_71;
+  libmicrohttpd = libmicrohttpd_0_9_72;
 
   libmikmod = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmikmod {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreAudio;