diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
index 62429a885..8ded487d4 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ in
 
     fluffychat-moby.persist.plaintext = [ ".local/share/chat.fluffy.fluffychat" ];
 
+    font-manager.package = pkgs.font-manager.override {
+      # build without the "Google Fonts" integration feature, to save closure / avoid webkitgtk_4_0
+      withWebkit = false;
+    };
+
     # MS GitHub stores auth token in .config
     # TODO: we can populate gh's stuff statically; it even lets us use the same oauth across machines
     gh.persist.private = [ ".config/gh" ];
diff --git a/nixpatches/list.nix b/nixpatches/list.nix
index 9af927283..c05affc64 100644
--- a/nixpatches/list.nix
+++ b/nixpatches/list.nix
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ in [
     hash = "sha256-d0mQMDl8SBfDHaIrMxIX9AJVx53sOS35n5hq7LXVAhY=";
   })
 
+  (fetchpatch' {
+    title = "font-manager: allow building without webkit";
+    prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/255466";
+    saneCommit = "54931faf9a276818bc4a9d88562b0010da534577";
+    hash = "sha256-3mCN75894v+HzeNf+hZ1t+cI9Lo+KFGFNEER6oReEoY=";
+  })
+
   # (fetchpatch {
   #   # stdenv: fix cc for pseudo-crosscompilation
   #   # closed because it breaks pkgsStatic (as of 2023/02/12)