diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index 1eb850172a..393ab30f59 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ them as it goes.")
            python-booleanoperations
            python-defcon
            python-fontmath
-           python-fonttools-next
+           python-fonttools
            python-lxml
            python-tqdm
            python-ufonormalizer
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 12d902315a..2afb4a4ca7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -11301,13 +11301,13 @@ number of lines in the contained files easily.")
   (hidden-package
    (package
      (name "python-fonttools")
-     (version "4.28.5")
+     (version "4.37.1")
      (source (origin
                (method url-fetch)
                (uri (pypi-uri "fonttools" version ".zip"))
                (sha256
                 (base32
-                 "1jhl5n3rfqq7fznvsh6r80n7ylap1a7ppq1040y8cflhyz80ap2l"))))
+                 "1ryc1wca2v92wn24baryj5fr32lspl8rbsig32fnkxp1islf21j6"))))
      (build-system python-build-system)
      (native-inputs
       (list unzip))
@@ -11360,18 +11360,6 @@ from an XML-based format.")
            python-zopfli))
     (properties (alist-delete 'hidden? (package-properties python-fonttools)))))
 
-(define-public python-fonttools-next
-  (package
-    (inherit python-fonttools-full)
-    (version "4.32.0")
-    (source (origin
-              (inherit (package-source python-fonttools-full))
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (pypi-uri "fonttools" version ".zip"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "14nk43z0dmznypm3zp4sdc04x1y608jawlnmwdkk32a947khvaar"))))))
-
 (define-public python-ly
   (package
     (name "python-ly")