diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
index 42df348f29..5f594d1cfc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
@@ -2543,6 +2543,7 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
        #:implicit-inputs? #f
        #:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
        #:configure-flags '("--disable-bzlib")
+       #:make-flags '("CFLAGS+=-std=c11")
        #:strip-binaries? #f
        #:validate-runpath? #f
        ,@(package-arguments file)))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/diffoscope.scm b/gnu/packages/diffoscope.scm
index 743447a9d5..ad106857bd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/diffoscope.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/diffoscope.scm
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages cpio)
   #:use-module (gnu packages dbm)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages file)      ;for 'file-next'
   #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ghostscript)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
@@ -172,11 +171,6 @@
              dtc
              e2fsprogs
              ffmpeg
-
-             ;; XXX: Must be the same version as python-magic uses;
-             ;; remove when 'file' is updated.
-             file-next
-
              fpc
              gettext-minimal
              ghostscript
diff --git a/gnu/packages/file.scm b/gnu/packages/file.scm
index 5e379d888b..3515258be4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/file.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/file.scm
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
 (define-public file
   (package
     (name "file")
-    (version "5.39")
+    (version "5.41")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1lgs2w2sgamzf27kz5h7pajz7v62554q21fbs11n4mfrfrm2hpgh"))))
+                "0gv027jgdr0hdkw7m9ck0nwhq583f4aa7vnz4dzdbxv4ng3k5r8k"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
    ;; When cross-compiling, this package depends upon a native install of
@@ -58,15 +58,3 @@ extensions to tell you the type of a file, but looks at the actual contents
 of the file.  This package provides the libmagic library.")
    (license bsd-2)
    (home-page "https://www.darwinsys.com/file/")))
-
-(define-public file-next
-  (package
-    (inherit file)
-    (version "5.41")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-"
-                                  version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0gv027jgdr0hdkw7m9ck0nwhq583f4aa7vnz4dzdbxv4ng3k5r8k"))))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index c8ba314d38..3bd382e12d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -15304,9 +15304,7 @@ syntax highlighting, markdown and more to the terminal.")
      (list which))
     (inputs
      ;; python-magic needs to be able to find libmagic.so.
-     ;; Use a newer version because 5.39 returns bogus for some archives
-     ;; (notably Chromium .crx extensions), which breaks e.g. 'diffoscope'.
-     (list file-next))
+     (list file))
     (synopsis "File type identification using libmagic")
     (description
      "This module uses ctypes to access the libmagic file type