diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index bd4522162b..50a2602a44 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1488,7 +1488,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/wicd-wpa2-ttls.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wmctrl-64-fix.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wmfire-update-for-new-gdk-versions.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/woff2-libbrotli.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-2149.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt1.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index d802feb1da..3daa5187b9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -257,44 +257,35 @@ work with most software requiring Type 1 fonts.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public woff2
-  (let ((commit "4e698b8c6c5e070d53c340db9ddf160e21070ede")
-        (revision "1"))
-    (package
-      (name "woff2")
-      (version (string-append "20160306-" revision "."
-                              (string-take commit 7)))
-      (source (origin
-                (method git-fetch)
-                (uri (git-reference
-                      (url "https://github.com/google/woff2.git")
-                      (commit commit)))
-                (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
-                (sha256
-                 (base32
-                  "0wka0yhf0cjmd4rv2jckxpyv6lb5ckj4nj0k1ajq5hrjy7f30lcp"))
-                (patches (list (search-patch "woff2-libbrotli.patch")))))
-      (build-system gnu-build-system)
-      (native-inputs
-       `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
-      (inputs
-       `(("brotli" ,brotli)))
-      (arguments
-       `(#:tests? #f                    ;no tests
-         #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                    (delete 'configure)
-                    (replace 'install
-                      (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-                        (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                               (bin (string-append out "/bin")))
-                          (install-file "woff2_compress" bin)
-                          (install-file "woff2_decompress" bin)
-                          #t))))))
-      (synopsis "Compress TrueType fonts to WOFF2")
-      (description
-       "This package provides utilities for compressing/decompressing TrueType
+  (package
+    (name "woff2")
+    (version "1.0.2")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/google/woff2.git")
+                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".git"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "13l4g536h0pr84ww4wxs2za439s0xp1va55g6l478rfbb1spp44y"))))
+    (build-system cmake-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("google-brotli" ,google-brotli)))
+    (arguments
+     ;; package has no tests
+     `(#:tests? #f
+       ;; we can’t have both, shared libraries and binaries, so turn off the
+       ;; former
+       #:configure-flags (list "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF")))
+    (synopsis "Compress TrueType fonts to WOFF2")
+    (description
+     "This package provides utilities for compressing/decompressing TrueType
 fonts to/from the WOFF2 format.")
-      (license license:asl2.0)
-      (home-page "https://github.com/google/woff2"))))
+    (license license:asl2.0)
+    (home-page "https://github.com/google/woff2")))
 
 (define-public fontconfig
   (package
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/woff2-libbrotli.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/woff2-libbrotli.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ffa941cf92..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/woff2-libbrotli.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-From: Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
-Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 01:31:03 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Build against external libbrotli.
-
----
- Makefile         | 20 ++++----------------
- src/woff2_dec.cc |  2 +-
- src/woff2_enc.cc |  2 +-
- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 92b8d54..618a751 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- OS := $(shell uname)
- 
--CPPFLAGS = -I./brotli/dec/ -I./brotli/enc/ -I./src
-+CPPFLAGS := -I./src $(shell pkg-config --cflags libbrotlienc libbrotlidec)
- 
- CC ?= gcc
- CXX ?= g++
-@@ -22,29 +22,17 @@ OUROBJ = font.o glyph.o normalize.o table_tags.o transform.o \
-          woff2_dec.o woff2_enc.o woff2_common.o woff2_out.o \
-          variable_length.o
- 
--BROTLI = brotli
--ENCOBJ = $(BROTLI)/enc/*.o
--DECOBJ = $(BROTLI)/dec/*.o
-+BROTLI_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libbrotlienc libbrotlidec)
- 
- OBJS = $(patsubst %, $(SRCDIR)/%, $(OUROBJ))
- EXECUTABLES=woff2_compress woff2_decompress
- 
- EXE_OBJS=$(patsubst %, $(SRCDIR)/%.o, $(EXECUTABLES))
- 
--ifeq (,$(wildcard $(BROTLI)/*))
--  $(error Brotli dependency not found : you must initialize the Git submodule)
--endif
--
- all : $(OBJS) $(EXECUTABLES)
- 
--$(EXECUTABLES) : $(EXE_OBJS) deps
--	$(CXX) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(ENCOBJ) $(DECOBJ) $(SRCDIR)/$@.o -o $@
--
--deps :
--	$(MAKE) -C $(BROTLI)/dec
--	$(MAKE) -C $(BROTLI)/enc
-+$(EXECUTABLES) : $(EXE_OBJS) $(OBJS)
-+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(SRCDIR)/$@.o -o $@ $(BROTLI_LIBS) $(LIBS)
- 
- clean :
- 	rm -f $(OBJS) $(EXE_OBJS) $(EXECUTABLES)
--	$(MAKE) -C $(BROTLI)/dec clean
--	$(MAKE) -C $(BROTLI)/enc clean
-diff --git a/src/woff2_dec.cc b/src/woff2_dec.cc
-index 837eede..98c01ce 100644
---- a/src/woff2_dec.cc
-+++ b/src/woff2_dec.cc
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
- #include <memory>
- #include <utility>
- 
--#include "./decode.h"
-+#include "brotli/dec/decode.h"
- #include "./buffer.h"
- #include "./port.h"
- #include "./round.h"
-diff --git a/src/woff2_enc.cc b/src/woff2_enc.cc
-index 920c614..00d74da 100644
---- a/src/woff2_enc.cc
-+++ b/src/woff2_enc.cc
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
- #include <string>
- #include <vector>
- 
--#include "./encode.h"
-+#include "brotli/enc/encode.h"
- #include "./buffer.h"
- #include "./font.h"
- #include "./normalize.h"
--- 
-2.7.3
-