diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flint/3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/flint/3.nix
index b7bb781363b4..8e49235c6d0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/flint/3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flint/3.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchpatch,
   fetchurl,
   gmp,
   mpfr,
@@ -23,26 +22,13 @@ assert
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "flint3";
-  version = "3.1.2";
+  version = "3.2.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.flintlib.org/flint-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-/bOkMaN0ZINKz/O9wUX0/o0PlR3VMnxMb5P0y6xcJwA=";
+    url = "https://flintlib.org/download/flint-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-ynvkbXeXInfrb+DE92dUhDL1a7U0qhfW26LXzOFc0j8=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/flintlib/flint/commit/e7d005c369754243cba32bd782ea2a5fc874fde5.diff";
-      hash = "sha256-IqEtYEpNVXfoTeerh/0ig+eDqUpAlGdBB3uO8ShYh3o=";
-    })
-    # C99 compliance (avoid using I as identifier): https://github.com/flintlib/flint/pull/2027
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "flint3-reserved-identifier.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/flintlib/flint/commit/b579cdd2d45aa1109a764f6838e9888b937e7ac5.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-8GLlA9ACzzxSiYaxLv9+p0oJA5TS7289b0EyoNcsSaU=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoconf
     automake
@@ -68,8 +54,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # We're not using autoreconfHook because flint's bootstrap
   # script calls autoreconf, among other things.
   preConfigure = ''
-    # the following configure.ac fix is only needed for flint 3.1.X
-    sed -i 's/if "$ac_cv_prog_cxx_g" = "yes"/if test "$ac_cv_prog_cxx_g" = "yes"/' configure.ac
     echo "Executing bootstrap.sh"
     ./bootstrap.sh
   '';
@@ -92,7 +76,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Fast Library for Number Theory";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ smasher164 ] ++ teams.sage.members;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     homepage = "https://www.flintlib.org/";