diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libe57format/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libe57format/package.nix
index 892083d77d6a0..be54d811b64a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libe57format/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libe57format/package.nix
@@ -3,22 +3,27 @@
   stdenv,
   cmake,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
+  nix-update-script,
   xercesc,
+  gtest,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libe57format";
-  version = "3.2.0";
+  version = "3.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "asmaloney";
     repo = "libE57Format";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-GyzfJshL2cOTEDp8eR0sqQq4GSnOdskiLi5mY1a2KW0=";
-    fetchSubmodules = true; # for submodule-vendored libraries such as `gtest`
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-rEX251cgb6GMToGzcZcwDzjLZBGcwN8+ij1nCIpK2ZE=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck ''
+    rmdir test/extern/googletest
+    ln -s ${gtest.src} test/extern/googletest
+  '';
+
   # Repository of E57 files used for testing.
   libE57Format-test-data_src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "asmaloney";
@@ -27,16 +32,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-JARpxp6Z2VioBfY0pZSyQU2mG/EllbaF3qteSFM9u8o=";
   };
 
-  env.CXXFLAGS = toString [
-    # GCC 13: error: 'int16_t' has not been declared in 'std'
-    "-include cstdint"
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
     xercesc
   ];
 
@@ -72,11 +72,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     g++ -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -o libE57FormatShared.so -L. -Wl,-whole-archive -lE57Format -Wl,-no-whole-archive -lxerces-c
     mv libE57FormatShared.so libE57Format.so
 
-    if [ "$dontDisableStatic" -ne "1" ]; then
+    if [ "''${dontDisableStatic:-1}" -ne "1" ]; then
       rm libE57Format.a
     fi
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Library for reading & writing the E57 file format";
     homepage = "https://github.com/asmaloney/libE57Format";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdal/package.nix
index e538e51979af4..88cb48468f45e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdal/package.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   proj,
   sqlite,
   tiledb,
-  xercesc,
   zlib,
   zstd,
 }:
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     proj
     sqlite
     tiledb
-    xercesc
     zlib
     zstd
   ]