diff --git a/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix b/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
index 13154fab62d8..19bc95582e47 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
   SDL2_image,
   SDL2_ttf,
   SDL2_gfx,
-  libX11,
   freetype,
   fluidsynth,
   sdl2Client ? false,
@@ -35,13 +34,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "freeciv";
-  version = "3.1.4";
+  version = "3.1.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "freeciv";
     repo = "freeciv";
     rev = "R${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version}";
-    hash = "sha256-lT3sXD5lFjG/63eBXEG+rU9idem/8kXfUXj6iB3AGOg=";
+    hash = "sha256-+kAV9Jz0aQpzeVUFp3so+rYbWOn52NuxRwE8kP5hzM8=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       SDL2_image
       SDL2_ttf
       SDL2_gfx
-      libX11 # can be removed when https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv/commit/00a9d69fa38d8618893e1eaad2830abb395ef25b is tagged, likely in 3.2.0
       freetype
       fluidsynth
     ]