diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
index 77d68e1d9aab..d751c304739e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
@@ -1082,11 +1082,11 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self: with self; {
   # THIS IS A GENERATED FILE.  DO NOT EDIT!
   libXft = callPackage ({ stdenv, pkg-config, fetchurl, fontconfig, freetype, libX11, xorgproto, libXrender }: stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pname = "libXft";
-    version = "2.3.4";
+    version = "2.3.6";
     builder = ./builder.sh;
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXft-2.3.4.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "1pdbr6gzfvixc791pjf42i9gg8wvfq6cpq6sdca04h4i42mxmpjp";
+      url = "mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXft-2.3.6.tar.xz";
+      sha256 = "08ihq0in7iy5bwrx71nhnlkj7k1ic34brjcqs2wbnf69kwqyg9k0";
     };
     hardeningDisable = [ "bindnow" "relro" ];
     strictDeps = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 75a17a9ef328..26ab03280e71 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -203,23 +203,6 @@ self: super:
     configureFlags = attrs.configureFlags or []
       ++ malloc0ReturnsNullCrossFlag;
 
-    patches = [
-      # The following three patches add color emoji rendering support.
-      # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/merge_requests/1
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/commit/723092ece088559f1af299236305911f4ee4d450.patch";
-        sha256 = "1y5s6x5b7n2rqxapdx65zlcz35s7i7075qxkfnj859hx7k5ybx53";
-      })
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/commit/e0fc4ce7e87ab9c4b47e5c8e693f070dfd0d2f7b.patch";
-        sha256 = "1x7cbhdrprrmngyy3l3b45bz6717dzp881687h5hxa4g2bg5c764";
-      })
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/commit/d385aa3e5320d18918413df0e8aef3a713a47e0b.patch";
-        sha256 = "1acnks2g88hari2708x93ywa9m2f4lm60yhn9va45151ma2qb5n0";
-      })
-    ];
-
     # the include files need ft2build.h, and Requires.private isn't enough for us
     postInstall = ''
       sed "/^Requires:/s/$/, freetype2/" -i "$dev/lib/pkgconfig/xft.pc"
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
index 302d56a06636..3a3432be8d1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXext-1.3.4.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXfixes-6.0.0.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXfont-1.5.4.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.5.tar.bz2
-mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXft-2.3.4.tar.bz2
+mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXft-2.3.6.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXi-1.8.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXinerama-1.1.4.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libxkbfile-1.1.0.tar.bz2