diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
index 6b7da614cdbe..0be348d15804 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/default.nix
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "retroarch-bare";
-  version = "1.16.0.3";
+  version = "1.17.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "RetroArch";
-    hash = "sha256-BT+LzRDoQF03aNT2Kg7YaSWhK74CvOOiHUeHDtFpe9s=";
+    hash = "sha256-8Y8ZYZFNK7zk0bQRiWwoQbu6q3r25bN3EvLOA3kIxdU=";
     rev = "v${version}";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
index 4698bbe5bbed..ab1ffb2bb00c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
 , makeWrapper
 , retroarch
 , symlinkJoin