diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/0001-Fix-a-crash-with-documents-containing-an-invalid-Pag.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/0001-Fix-a-crash-with-documents-containing-an-invalid-Pag.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e232ee5ac50..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/0001-Fix-a-crash-with-documents-containing-an-invalid-Pag.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 7500e4d1ae85ecf9f61b1446e07ebb887118757c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Carlos Garcia Campos <carlosgc@gnome.org>
-Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:55:18 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix a crash with documents containing an invalid
- %%Pages: comment
-
-When failed to allocate memory for pages because of invalid %%Pages:
-comment, set maxpages to 0 to ignore the comment. Problem spotted
-by Marek Kasik. Fixes bug #30867.
----
- libspectre/ps.c | 2 ++
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/libspectre/ps.c b/libspectre/ps.c
-index 6c7cfce..4578cec 100644
---- a/libspectre/ps.c
-+++ b/libspectre/ps.c
-@@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ psscan(const char *filename, int scanstyle)
- 			if (maxpages > 0) {
- 			    doc->pages = (struct page *) PS_calloc(maxpages,
- 							   sizeof(struct page));
-+                            if (!doc->pages)
-+                                maxpages = 0;
-                             CHECK_MALLOCED(doc->pages);
- 			}
- 		}
--- 
-1.7.11
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/0002-Allocate-at-least-1-page-in-doc-pages.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/0002-Allocate-at-least-1-page-in-doc-pages.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 09ab9e11c16f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/0002-Allocate-at-least-1-page-in-doc-pages.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-From 8ffd9185f81cb8337cece4c8e3672d0e6a97e935 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:54:14 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Allocate at least 1 page in doc->pages
-
-Allocate at least 1 page if there are no %%Pages: or %%Page: comments
-in the PS file (#31512).
----
- libspectre/ps.c | 10 +++++-----
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/libspectre/ps.c b/libspectre/ps.c
-index 4578cec..0130fb4 100644
---- a/libspectre/ps.c
-+++ b/libspectre/ps.c
-@@ -1004,14 +1004,14 @@ psscan(const char *filename, int scanstyle)
- 	section_len += line_len;
-     }
- 
-+    if (maxpages == 0) {
-+	maxpages = 1;
-+	doc->pages = (struct page *) PS_calloc(maxpages, sizeof(struct page));
-+	CHECK_MALLOCED(doc->pages);
-+    }
- 
- newpage:
-     while (DSCcomment(line) && iscomment(line+2, "Page:")) {
--	if (maxpages == 0) {
--	    maxpages = 1;
--	    doc->pages = (struct page *) PS_calloc(maxpages, sizeof(struct page));
--            CHECK_MALLOCED(doc->pages);
--	}
- 	label = ps_gettext(line+length("%%Page:"), &next_char);
- 	if (sscanf(next_char, "%u", &thispage) != 1) thispage = 0;
- 	if (nextpage == 1) {
--- 
-1.7.11
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/default.nix
index 379727aec5c9..a819e0cef6f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, ghostscript }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, ghostscript, cairo }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libspectre-0.2.6";
+  name = "libspectre-0.2.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1lqdmi7vx497pbigpp77064a4463lmihzh44898l101c69i7qqrg";
+    sha256 = "1v63lqc6bhhxwkpa43qmz8phqs8ci4dhzizyy16d3vkb20m846z8";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
     # Need `libgs.so'.
-    ghostscript
+    pkgconfig ghostscript cairo /*for tests*/
   ];
 
-  patches = [ ./0001-Fix-a-crash-with-documents-containing-an-invalid-Pag.patch ./0002-Allocate-at-least-1-page-in-doc-pages.patch ];
-
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {