diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
index 700223cd1a7..7dc0ae5b8ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , brotli
 , cmake
 , giflib
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libjxl";
-  version = "0.7.0";
+  version = "0.8.1";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
@@ -29,20 +28,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "libjxl";
     repo = "libjxl";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-9DBLQ/gMyy2ZUm7PCWYJ7XOzkgQM0cAewJZzMNo8UPs=";
+    hash = "sha256-WWuvUTMrlR6ePbEs01ulLnuMiUqGrh4qELWFh0QMaGU=";
     # There are various submodules in `third_party/`.
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # present in master
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-test-failure-on-ia64-ppc64-riscv64";
-      url = "https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/commit/bb8eac5d6acec223e44cf8cc72ae02f0816de311.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-DuUCStWEquhWo7bOss0RgZ7ouYE4FpWrIMFywYR424s=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     gtest
@@ -99,6 +89,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # Use our version of highway, though it is still statically linked in
     "-DJPEGXL_FORCE_SYSTEM_HWY=ON"
 
+    # Use our version of gtest
+    "-DJPEGXL_FORCE_SYSTEM_GTEST=ON"
+
     # TODO: Update this package to enable this (overridably via an option):
     # Viewer tools for evaluation.
     # "-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_VIEWERS=ON"