diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/0001-Allow-external-declaration-of-packager-version.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/0001-Allow-external-declaration-of-packager-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c6d54b5943de..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/0001-Allow-external-declaration-of-packager-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/packager/version/CMakeLists.txt b/packager/version/CMakeLists.txt
-index fba4fb8282..ad56e0a23b 100644
---- a/packager/version/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/packager/version/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
- # license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
- # https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
- 
-+if(NOT DEFINED PACKAGER_VERSION)
- execute_process(
-     COMMAND "${Python3_EXECUTABLE}" generate_version_string.py
-     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ execute_process(
- if(NOT STATUS EQUAL 0)
-   message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to generate Packager version")
- endif()
-+endif()
- 
- add_library(version STATIC version.cc)
- target_compile_definitions(version PRIVATE
-
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/0002-Unvendor-dependencies.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/0002-Unvendor-dependencies.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 19abd9ad5a6c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/0002-Unvendor-dependencies.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 5b96a2429e..181df0bf2d 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
- # Minimum CMake version.  This must be in the root level CMakeLists.txt.
- cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
- 
-+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
-+
- # These policy settings should be included before the project definition.
- include("packager/policies.cmake")
- 
-@@ -28,6 +30,28 @@ enable_testing()
- 
- option(SKIP_INTEGRATION_TESTS "Skip the packager integration tests" OFF)
- 
-+find_package(absl REQUIRED)
-+find_package(MbedTLS REQUIRED)
-+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
-+find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
-+find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
-+find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
-+find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
-+find_package(Protobuf CONFIG REQUIRED)
-+find_package(webm REQUIRED)
-+
-+# Alias to same names as vendored dependencies
-+add_library(mbedtls ALIAS MbedTLS::mbedtls)
-+add_library(gmock ALIAS GTest::gmock)
-+add_library(gtest ALIAS GTest::gtest)
-+add_library(gtest_main ALIAS GTest::gtest_main)
-+add_library(libcurl ALIAS CURL::libcurl)
-+add_library(LibXml2 ALIAS LibXml2::LibXml2)
-+add_library(png_static ALIAS PNG::PNG) # not static but the expected library name
-+add_library(libprotobuf ALIAS protobuf::libprotobuf)
-+add_executable(protoc ALIAS protobuf::protoc)
-+add_library(webm ALIAS webm::webm)
-+
- # Subdirectories with their own CMakeLists.txt
- add_subdirectory(packager)
- add_subdirectory(link-test)
-diff --git a/packager/CMakeLists.txt b/packager/CMakeLists.txt
-index 7238d243bb..722217bbc4 100644
---- a/packager/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/packager/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ add_subdirectory(media)
- add_subdirectory(hls)
- add_subdirectory(mpd)
- add_subdirectory(status)
--add_subdirectory(third_party)
- add_subdirectory(tools)
- add_subdirectory(utils)
- add_subdirectory(version)
-diff --git a/packager/tools/pssh/CMakeLists.txt b/packager/tools/pssh/CMakeLists.txt
-index 9ec3a39d26..0b981cec29 100644
---- a/packager/tools/pssh/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/packager/tools/pssh/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ set(PSSH_BOX_OUTPUTS
- 
- add_custom_command(
-     DEPENDS
--        protobuf_py
-         widevine_protos
-         pssh-box.py
-     OUTPUT ${PSSH_BOX_OUTPUTS}
-@@ -26,10 +25,6 @@ add_custom_command(
-         ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/packager/media/base/widevine_common_encryption_pb2.py
-         ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/packager/media/base/widevine_pssh_data_pb2.py
-         ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/packager/pssh-box-protos/
--    COMMAND
--        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
--        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/packager/third_party/protobuf/py/google
--        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/packager/pssh-box-protos/google
-     COMMAND
-         ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
-         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pssh-box.py
-
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/package.nix
index d574b87c96ee..5d482603be90 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shaka-packager/package.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchpatch,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   testers,
   cmake,
   ninja,
   python3,
   nix-update-script,
-  abseil-cpp_202401,
+  abseil-cpp,
   curl,
   gtest,
   nlohmann_json,
@@ -17,47 +16,21 @@
   libwebm,
   mbedtls,
   mimalloc,
-  protobuf_29,
+  protobuf,
   zlib,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "shaka-packager";
-  version = "3.4.2";
+  version = "3.7.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "shaka-project";
     repo = "shaka-packager";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Syty10LHGIlP5Jw+UneQMN+wBz/ggvV0xV8+3ThU8SM=";
+    hash = "sha256-2kOQEkLNEX8TvHhef8RGHRGRRuhYDLhnuo11MCCnzPk=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # By default, the git commit hash and tag are used as version
-    # and shaka-packager fails to build if these are not available.
-    # This patch makes it possible to pass an external value as version.
-    # The value itself is declared further below in `cmakeFlags`.
-    ./0001-Allow-external-declaration-of-packager-version.patch
-    # Dependencies are vendored as git submodules inside shaka-packager.
-    # We want to reuse the dependencies from nixpkgs instead to avoid unnecessary
-    # build overhead and to ensure they are up to date.
-    # This patch disables the vendored dependencies (by excluding `third-party`),
-    # finds them inside the build environment and aliases them so they can be accessed
-    # without prefixing namespaces.
-    # The last step is necessary to keep the patch size to a minimum, otherwise we'd have
-    # to add the namespace identifiers everywhere a dependency is used.
-    ./0002-Unvendor-dependencies.patch
-    # GCC15 build fixes
-    # Taken from https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-packager/pull/1506,
-    # but excludes the changes to the shell script as we do not use it.
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "GCC15-cstdint-includes";
-      url = "https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-packager/commit/b1c79e50521b8725117dfe0a45fe44c2f2dbd4fb.patch";
-      excludes = [ "packager/testing/test_dockers.sh" ];
-      hash = "sha256-8dBQ+eENZKFB9ONjmPBlxy8P/iinyeUS8zhlxz6rnQ4=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     ninja
@@ -70,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       # pssh_box.py.
       ps.protobuf
     ]))
-    abseil-cpp_202401
+    abseil-cpp
     curl
     gtest
     nlohmann_json
@@ -79,15 +52,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libwebm
     mbedtls
     mimalloc
-    (protobuf_29.override {
-      # must be the same version as for shaka-packager
-      abseil-cpp = abseil-cpp_202401;
-    })
+    protobuf
     zlib
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DPACKAGER_VERSION=v${finalAttrs.version}-nixpkgs"
+    "-DUSE_SYSTEM_DEPENDENCIES=ON"
     # Targets are selected below in ninjaFlags
     "-DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_ALL_DEPENDENCY=ON"
   ];