diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rav1e/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rav1e/package.nix
index e8834ac131e4f..dccb2d01a6b9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rav1e/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rav1e/package.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@
   fetchCrate,
   pkg-config,
   cargo-c,
-  darwin,
-  libgit2,
-  libiconv,
   nasm,
+  libgit2,
+  zlib,
   nix-update-script,
   testers,
-  zlib,
   rav1e,
 }:
 
@@ -25,22 +23,22 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-Db7qb7HBAy6lniIiN07iEzURmbfNtuhmgJRv7OUagUM=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-VyQ6n2kIJ7OjK6Xlf0T0GNsBvgESRETzKZDZzAn8ZuY=";
+  # update built to be able to use the system libgit2
+  cargoPatches = [ ./update-built.diff ];
+  cargoHash = "sha256-Ud9Vw31y8nLo0aC3j7XY1+mN/pRvH9gJ0uIq73hKy3Y=";
 
-  depsBuildBuild = [ pkg-config ];
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    pkg-config
+    libgit2
+    zlib
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cargo-c
-    libgit2
     nasm
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [ zlib ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      libiconv
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
-    ];
+  env.LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR = 1;
 
   # Darwin uses `llvm-strip`, which results in link errors when using `-x` to strip the asm library
   # and linking it with cctools ld64.
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rav1e/update-built.diff b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rav1e/update-built.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3b2a027545d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rav1e/update-built.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
+index 6825377..8512eba 100644
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ dependencies = [
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "built"
+-version = "0.7.1"
++version = "0.7.5"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "38d17f4d6e4dc36d1a02fbedc2753a096848e7c1b0772f7654eab8e2c927dd53"
++checksum = "c360505aed52b7ec96a3636c3f039d99103c37d1d9b4f7a8c743d3ea9ffcd03b"
+ dependencies = [
+  "git2",
+ ]
+@@ -633,9 +633,9 @@ checksum = "4271d37baee1b8c7e4b708028c57d816cf9d2434acb33a549475f78c181f6253"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "git2"
+-version = "0.18.1"
++version = "0.19.0"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "fbf97ba92db08df386e10c8ede66a2a0369bd277090afd8710e19e38de9ec0cd"
++checksum = "b903b73e45dc0c6c596f2d37eccece7c1c8bb6e4407b001096387c63d0d93724"
+ dependencies = [
+  "bitflags 2.4.1",
+  "libc",
+@@ -845,9 +845,9 @@ dependencies = [
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "libgit2-sys"
+-version = "0.16.1+1.7.1"
++version = "0.17.0+1.8.1"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "f2a2bb3680b094add03bb3732ec520ece34da31a8cd2d633d1389d0f0fb60d0c"
++checksum = "10472326a8a6477c3c20a64547b0059e4b0d086869eee31e6d7da728a8eb7224"
+ dependencies = [
+  "cc",
+  "libc",