diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
index 3d49760d3cd8..eed032805c76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
@@ -19,13 +19,8 @@
   # native libraries
   ffmpeg-headless,
   freetype,
-  # By default, almost all tests fail due to the fact we use our version of
-  # freetype. We still use this argument to define the overridden
-  # derivation `matplotlib.passthru.tests.withoutOutdatedFreetype` - which
-  # builds matplotlib with the freetype version they default to, with which all
-  # tests should pass.
-  doCheck ? false,
   qhull,
+  libraqm,
 
   # propagates
   contourpy,
@@ -76,13 +71,13 @@ let
 in
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
-  version = "3.10.9";
+  version = "3.11.0";
   pname = "matplotlib";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-/WZQjoxod9mOWGZUtgigRW241+ilRuseJgDv2VcwI1g=";
+    hash = "sha256-aMDHvgGzDcyjY4k09/WR33NAEjXL2/DRqxxx59t/i1c=";
   };
 
   env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR = "/tmp";
@@ -99,10 +94,6 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
         --replace-fail "/usr/bin/env python3" "/usr/bin/env pypy3"
     ''
     + ''
-      substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-        --replace-fail "meson-python>=0.13.1,<0.17.0" meson-python \
-        --replace-fail "setuptools_scm>=7,<10" setuptools_scm
-
       patchShebangs tools
     ''
     + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && interactive) ''
@@ -118,6 +109,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     ffmpeg-headless
     freetype
     qhull
+    libraqm
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals enableGtk3 [
     cairo
@@ -159,6 +151,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   mesonFlags = lib.mapAttrsToList lib.mesonBool {
     system-freetype = true;
     system-qhull = true;
+    system-libraqm = true;
     # Otherwise GNU's `ar` binary fails to put symbols from libagg into the
     # matplotlib shared objects. See:
     # -https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/28260#issuecomment-2146243663
@@ -168,20 +161,14 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit sage;
-    withOutdatedFreetype = matplotlib.override {
-      doCheck = true;
-      freetype = freetype.overrideAttrs (_: {
-        src = fetchurl {
-          url = "mirror://savannah/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz";
-          hash = "sha256-Cjx9+9ptoej84pIy6OltmHq6u79x68jHVlnkEyw2cBQ=";
-        };
-        patches = [ ];
-      });
-    };
   };
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "matplotlib" ];
-  inherit doCheck;
+  # Running the tests requires a specific freetype version, so pixel-to-pixel
+  # comparisons will pass. Since matplotlib depends directly & indirectly on
+  # freetype, this would be too expensive to even test this (correctly) in
+  # `passthru.tests`.
+  doCheck = false;
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
   preCheck = ''
     # https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/testing.html#obtain-the-reference-images