diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-font-viewer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-font-viewer/package.nix
index 070f9f903845..e5416c52461e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-font-viewer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-font-viewer/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, fetchpatch2
 , meson
 , ninja
 , gettext
@@ -19,21 +18,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-font-viewer";
-  version = "46.0";
+  version = "47.alpha";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-font-viewer/${lib.versions.major version}/gnome-font-viewer-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-WS9AHkhdAswETUh7tcjgTJYdpoViFnaKWfH/mL0tU3w=";
+    hash = "sha256-UwXF71TXQqPWQUQ6tVE+LJj5FeL7Cvx8XzJtIApGHy8=";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [
-    # Fixes an incompatible function pointer error when building with clang 16
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-font-viewer/-/commit/565d795731471c27542bb9ee60820a2d0d15534e.diff";
-      hash = "sha256-8dgOVTx6ZbvXROlIWTZU2xNWJ11LlJykRs699cgZqow=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   doCheck = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [