diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wl/wlcs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wl/wlcs/package.nix
index 6a81ca9b25e2..4420c05405d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wl/wlcs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wl/wlcs/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   lib,
   gitUpdater,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   testers,
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
@@ -15,24 +14,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "wlcs";
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "MirServer";
     repo = "wlcs";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-BQPRymkbGu4YvTYXTaTMuyP5fHpqMWI4xPwjDRHZNEQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-W4/a7neFcaqdPIAWDk5TcIuIWZ76rC7xCk3beJVqE/E=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Remove when version > 1.7.0
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "0001-wlcs-Fix-GCC14-compat.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/canonical/wlcs/commit/5c812e560052e2cbff4c6d26439935020ddee52f.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-8YrVKhgpTYZi8n4dZ4pRWJoAcZtr9eaFMv0NNV7/kWU=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   strictDeps = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [