diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/br/brotli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/br/brotli/package.nix
index bb6c287c870f..baf6a2f38e6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/br/brotli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/br/brotli/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   python3Packages,
   staticOnly ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic,
@@ -11,26 +10,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "brotli";
-  version = "1.1.0";
+  version = "1.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "google";
     repo = "brotli";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-MvceRcle2dSkkucC2PlsCizsIf8iv95d8Xjqew266wc=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-kl8ZHt71v17QR2bDP+ad/5uixf+GStEPLQ5ooFoC5i8=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # revert runpath change, breaks curl on darwin:
-    #   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/254532#issuecomment-1722337476
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "revert-runpath.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/google/brotli/commit/f842c1bcf9264431cd3b15429a72b7dafbe80509.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-W3LY3EjoHP74YsKOOcYQrzo+f0HbooOvEbnOibtN6TM=";
-      revert = true;
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   cmakeFlags = lib.optional staticOnly "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF";
@@ -60,6 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/brotli";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/google/brotli/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
     description = "General-purpose lossless compression library with CLI";
     longDescription = ''
       Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotli/default.nix
index fb78ead78779..6746fb5707fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotli/default.nix
@@ -10,18 +10,9 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "brotli";
-  version = "1.2.0";
+  inherit (brotli) version src;
   pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "google";
-    repo = "brotli";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ePfllKdY12hOPuO9uHuXFZ3Bdib6BLD4ghiaeurJZ28=";
-    # .gitattributes is not correct or GitHub does not parse it correct and the archive is missing the test data
-    forceFetchGit = true;
-  };
-
   build-system = [
     pkgconfig
     setuptools