diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lu/lunasvg/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lu/lunasvg/package.nix
index 605d6dafc0d1..24c02f2d1571 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lu/lunasvg/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lu/lunasvg/package.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "lunasvg";
-  version = "3.2.1";
+  version = "3.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "sammycage";
     repo = "lunasvg";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-CBhz117Y8e7AdD1JJtNkR/EthsfyiQ05HW41beaY95I=";
+    hash = "sha256-1Cj6En0XedAeNPsLWCedxiiq8xPdJ4VpKmF4vYu4SC8=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     plutovg
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/sammycage/lunasvg/pull/219
-    # can be removed when the PR 219 and a new release is created
-    ./use_system_plutovg.patch
-  ];
-
   cmakeFlags = [
     (lib.cmakeBool "USE_SYSTEM_PLUTOVG" true)
+    # the cmake package does not handle absolute CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR correctly
+    # (setting it to an absolute path causes include files to go to $out/$out/include,
+    #  because the absolute path is interpreted with root at $out).
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include"
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
+
   ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lu/lunasvg/use_system_plutovg.patch b/pkgs/by-name/lu/lunasvg/use_system_plutovg.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b2e56f7866dd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lu/lunasvg/use_system_plutovg.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-From 18d25de94046ed8223fe8987ca55b44f8b5f902c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: eymeric <eymericdechelette@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:16:50 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Refactor CMakeLists.txt to conditionally use system plutovg
- library
-
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 08cee28..9724827 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -6,8 +6,17 @@ set(LUNASVG_VERSION_MICRO 1)
- 
- project(lunasvg LANGUAGES CXX VERSION ${LUNASVG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LUNASVG_VERSION_MINOR}.${LUNASVG_VERSION_MICRO})
- 
--find_package(plutovg 0.0.4 QUIET)
-+option(USE_SYSTEM_PLUTOVG "Use system plutovg library" OFF)
-+
-+if(USE_SYSTEM_PLUTOVG)
-+    find_package(plutovg 1.0.0 QUIET)
-+    if(NOT plutovg_FOUND)
-+        message(WARNING "Could not find: plutovg>=1.0.0. Falling back to plutovg submodule.")
-+    endif()
-+endif()
-+
- if(NOT plutovg_FOUND)
-+    message(STATUS "Using plutovg submodule.")
-     add_subdirectory(plutovg)
- endif()
- 
-@@ -57,7 +66,12 @@ target_include_directories(lunasvg PUBLIC
-     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/lunasvg>
- )
- 
--target_link_libraries(lunasvg PRIVATE plutovg::plutovg)
-+if(USE_SYSTEM_PLUTOVG AND plutovg_FOUND)
-+    target_link_libraries(lunasvg PRIVATE plutovg::plutovg)
-+else()
-+    target_link_libraries(lunasvg PRIVATE plutovg)
-+endif()
-+
- target_compile_definitions(lunasvg PRIVATE LUNASVG_BUILD)
- if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-     target_compile_definitions(lunasvg PUBLIC LUNASVG_BUILD_STATIC)