diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/espeak-phonemizer/cdll.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/espeak-phonemizer/cdll.patch
index 3ce5df122d50..48207c3f95d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/espeak-phonemizer/cdll.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/espeak-phonemizer/cdll.patch
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 diff --git a/espeak_phonemizer/__init__.py b/espeak_phonemizer/__init__.py
-index a09472e..730a7f9 100644
+index 44cd943..adeaeba 100644
 --- a/espeak_phonemizer/__init__.py
 +++ b/espeak_phonemizer/__init__.py
-@@ -163,14 +163,10 @@ class Phonemizer:
+@@ -150,11 +150,7 @@ class Phonemizer:
              # Already initialized
              return
  
--        self.libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
-+        self.libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("@libc@")
-         self.libc.open_memstream.restype = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char)
- 
 -        try:
 -            self.lib_espeak = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libespeak-ng.so")
 -        except OSError:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/espeak-phonemizer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/espeak-phonemizer/default.nix
index d8c5ba1bb644..2398f421e0da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/espeak-phonemizer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/espeak-phonemizer/default.nix
@@ -2,27 +2,25 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , substituteAll
-, glibc
 , espeak-ng
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "espeak-phonemizer";
-  version = "1.1.0";
+  version = "1.2.0";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rhasspy";
     repo = "espeak-phonemizer";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-qnJtS5iIARdg+umolzLHT3/nLon9syjxfTnMWHOmYPU=";
+    hash = "sha256-FiajWpxSDRxTiCj8xGHea4e0voqOvaX6oQYB72FkVbw=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./cdll.patch;
-      libc = "${lib.getLib glibc}/lib/libc.so.6";
       libespeak_ng = "${lib.getLib espeak-ng}/lib/libespeak-ng.so";
     })
   ];