diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
index 8be2fe9fe8d4..d15a87bade9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 , ncurses
 , zlib
 , ffmpeg
-, readline
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
 , multimediaSupport ? true
@@ -14,20 +13,20 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "notcurses";
-  version = "2.4.2";
+  version = "2.4.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dankamongmen";
     repo = "notcurses";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-EtHyxnTH2bVoVnWB9wvmF/nCdecvL1TTiVRaajFVC/0=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-mVSToryo7+zW1mow8eJT8GrXYlGe/BeSheJtJDKAgzo=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config pandoc ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libunistring ncurses readline zlib ]
+  buildInputs = [ libunistring ncurses zlib ]
     ++ lib.optional multimediaSupport ffmpeg;
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_QRCODEGEN=OFF" ]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f8dba901f34a..754f1fe44b72 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18579,9 +18579,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   notify-sharp = callPackage ../development/libraries/notify-sharp { };
 
-  notcurses = callPackage ../development/libraries/notcurses {
-    readline = readline81;
-  };
+  notcurses = callPackage ../development/libraries/notcurses { };
 
   ncurses5 = ncurses.override {
     abiVersion = "5";