diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/default.nix
index eeb258f48c49..63736ac35e35 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/default.nix
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wayst";
-  version = "unstable-2021-04-05";
+  version = "unstable-2023-07-16";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "91861";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "e72ca78ef72c7b1e92473a98d435a3c85d7eab98";
-    hash = "sha256-UXAVSfVpk/8KSg4oMw2tVWImD6HqJ7gEioR2MqhUUoQ=";
+    rev = "f8b218eec1af706fd5ae287f5073e6422eb8b6d8";
+    hash = "sha256-tA2R6Snk5nqWkPXSbs7wmovWkT97xafdK0e/pKBUIUg=";
   };
 
   makeFlags = [ "INSTALL_DIR=\${out}/bin" ];
@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     utf8proc
     wayland
   ];
-
-  # This patch forces the Makefile to use utf8proc
-  # The makefile relies on ldconfig to find the utf8proc libraries
-  # which is not possible on nixpkgs
-  patches = [ ./utf8proc.patch ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/settings.c \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/utf8proc.patch b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/utf8proc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0923c5dbe18d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/wayst/utf8proc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-commit caa5a6bed31937f2d1b322da204e11eae57a720f
-Author: Nicolas Berbiche <nicolas@normie.dev>
-Date:   Tue Oct 20 18:14:44 2020 -0400
-
-    PATCH: use nixpkgs utf8proc
-    
-    This patch forces the Makefile to use utf8proc from `buildInputs`.
-    The Makefile relies on ldconfig to find the utf8proc libraries,
-    which is not possible with nixpkgs.
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index caccdf7..90b11ea 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ else
- 	LDFLAGS = -O2 -flto
- endif
- 
--ifeq ($(shell ldconfig -p | grep libutf8proc.so > /dev/null || echo fail),fail)
-+ifeq (false,fail)
- $(info libutf8proc not found. Support for language-specific combining characters and unicode normalization will be disabled.)
- 	CFLAGS += -DNOUTF8PROC
- else
-