diff --git a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
index 1b92bde7a4..a195b41d7d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/game-development.scm
@@ -550,22 +550,15 @@ archive on a per-file basis.")
 (define-public love
   (package
     (name "love")
-    (version "0.10.2")
+    (version "11.1")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "https://bitbucket.org/rude/love/downloads/"
                                  "love-" version "-linux-src.tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "11x346pw0gqad8nmkmywzx4xpcbfc3dslbrdw5x94n1i25mk0sxj"))
-             (modules '((guix build utils)))
-             (snippet
-              '(begin
-                 ;; Build with luajit 2.1.0-beta3.  Fixed in love 0.11.
-                 ;; See <https://bitbucket.org/rude/love/issues/1277>.
-                 (substitute* "src/libraries/luasocket/libluasocket/lua.h"
-                   (("> 501") ">= 501"))
-                 #t))))
+               "1pkwiszmjs0xrwk0wqbc5cp9108b1y8gwsid0gqk1s0x09q9lpmw"))
+             (modules '((guix build utils)))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))