diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldmud/libxml2-2.12.0-compat.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldmud/libxml2-2.12.0-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 372bdc8cafbd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldmud/libxml2-2.12.0-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-diff --git src/pkg-xml2.c src/pkg-xml2.c
-index 048ca38c..9ea4de35 100644
---- src/pkg-xml2.c
-+++ src/pkg-xml2.c
-@@ -507,8 +507,13 @@ f_xml_generate (svalue_t *sp)
-     return sp;
- }
- 
-+#if LIBXML_VERSION >= 21200
-+static void
-+xml_pkg_error_handler(void * userData, const xmlError *error)
-+#else
- static void
- xml_pkg_error_handler(void * userData, xmlErrorPtr error)
-+#endif
- {
-     if (error)
-     {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldmud/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldmud/package.nix
index fa85bacb6c23..f97923fa4e59 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldmud/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldmud/package.nix
@@ -26,29 +26,29 @@
   python310,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ldmud";
-  version = "3.6.7";
+  version = "3.6.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ldmud";
     repo = "ldmud";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-PkrjP7tSZMaj61Hsn++7+CumhqFPLbf0+eAI6afP9HA=";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-ojOLM1vkuwuF0vXx6lCH0+OlyLkkOOnTJEUiZPpUhzo=";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    ./libxml2-2.12.0-compat.patch
     ./mysql-compat.patch
   ];
 
-  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/src";
+  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/src";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
     bison
   ];
+
   buildInputs =
     [
       libgcrypt
@@ -86,10 +86,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (lib.enableFeature pythonSupport "use-python")
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = lib.optionalString mysqlSupport ''
-    export CPPFLAGS="-I${lib.getDev libmysqlclient}/include/mysql"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql"
-  '';
+  preConfigure =
+    lib.optionalString mysqlSupport ''
+      export CPPFLAGS="-I${lib.getDev libmysqlclient}/include/mysql"
+      export LDFLAGS="-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql"
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L${libiconv}/lib -liconv"
+    '';
 
   installTargets = [
     "install-driver"
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Gamedriver for LPMuds including a LPC compiler, interpreter and runtime";
     homepage = "https://ldmud.eu";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/ldmud/ldmud/blob/${version}/HISTORY";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ldmud/ldmud/blob/${finalAttrs.version}/HISTORY";
     longDescription = ''
       LDMud started as a project to clean up and modernize Amylaar's LPMud
       gamedriver. Primary goals are full documentation, a commented source body
@@ -120,4 +124,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ cpu ];
   };
-}
+})