diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
index bd6ae3d74780..e90c0a4ec18e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , meson
-, fetchpatch
 , ninja
 , gettext
 , python3
@@ -26,24 +25,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "font-manager";
-  version = "0.8.7";
+  version = "0.8.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "FontManager";
     repo = "master";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "lqXjGSsiWaMJGyr1c2Wt/bs4F8q51mQ1+f6vbZRQzVs=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-M13Q9d2cKhc0tudkvw0zgqPAFTlmXwK+LltXeuDPWxo=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix compilation with latest Vala.
-    # https://github.com/FontManager/font-manager/issues/240
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/FontManager/font-manager/commit/f9c4621389dae5999ca9d2f3c8402c2512a9ea60.patch";
-      sha256 = "ZEJZSUYFLKmiHpVusO3ZUXMLUzJbbbCSqMjCtwlzPRY=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     meson