diff --git a/pkgs/gazebo/9.nix b/pkgs/gazebo/9.nix
index 69db57195a..0e94b31608 100644
--- a/pkgs/gazebo/9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/gazebo/9.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { callPackage, sdformat_6, ignition, ... } @ args:
 
 callPackage ./. (args // {
-  version = "9.13.1";
-  srcSha256 = "092wlj6swx4d5250j9a320ii6c0nlhfvbz6bqdpxg410xxd2lsgz";
+  version = "9.16.0";
+  srcSha256 = "0nyic4s49jy6nwq5qfhj51b1rp69g12s5dnl09h8jcja4mgq1wlc";
   sdformat = sdformat_6;
   ignition-common = ignition.common1;
   ignition-transport = ignition.transport4;
diff --git a/pkgs/gazebo/default.nix b/pkgs/gazebo/default.nix
index 502c2c799a..a001766ca8 100644
--- a/pkgs/gazebo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/gazebo/default.nix
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = srcSha256;
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix CMake relative path assumptions
-    (optional (lib.versionOlder version "11") (fetchpatch {
-      # https://github.com/osrf/gazebo/pull/2779
-      url = "https://github.com/osrf/gazebo/commit/8d8dcff5c0c92c5903883f3215236c6bf6ff1a5f.patch";
-      sha256 = "1q13cfscf02qkkp0wq03phdakl4i0qzlibiw0k76p50dygw2z864";
-    }))
-  ];
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_HOST_CFLAGS=False" ];