diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/speechd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/speechd/default.nix
index 80034a5a9cf0..3dbfdd8cdfa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/speechd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/speechd/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , substituteAll
 , pkg-config
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , python3Packages
 , gettext
 , itstool
@@ -27,24 +27,13 @@
 let
   inherit (lib) optional optionals;
   inherit (python3Packages) python pyxdg wrapPython;
-
-  # speechd hard-codes espeak, even when built without support for it.
-  selectedDefaultModule =
-    if withEspeak then
-      "espeak-ng"
-    else if withPico then
-      "pico"
-    else if withFlite then
-      "flite"
-    else
-      throw "You need to enable at least one output module.";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "speech-dispatcher";
-  version = "0.10.2";
+  version = "0.11.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/brailcom/speechd/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-sGMZ8gHhXlbGKWZTr1vPwwDLNI6XLVF9+LBurHfq4tw=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-0doS7T2shPE3mbai7Dm6LTyiGoST9E3BhVvQupbC3cY=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -52,13 +41,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ./fix-paths.patch;
       utillinux = util-linux;
     })
-
-    # Fix build with Glib 2.68
-    # https://github.com/brailcom/speechd/pull/462
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/brailcom/speechd/commit/a2faab416e42cbdf3d73f98578a89eb7a235e25a.patch";
-      sha256 = "8Q7tUdKKBBtgXZZnj59OcJOkrCNeBR9gkBjhKlpW0hQ=";
-    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -108,7 +90,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ;
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace config/speechd.conf --replace "DefaultModule espeak" "DefaultModule ${selectedDefaultModule}"
     substituteInPlace src/modules/pico.c --replace "/usr/share/pico/lang" "${svox}/share/pico/lang"
   '';
 
@@ -122,7 +103,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Common interface to speech synthesis";
     homepage = "https://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ berce ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      berce
+      jtojnar
+    ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }