diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/default.nix
index 3bac9e0c6ef6..f93bc857116f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,40 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, libtool, bison
-, libasr, libevent, zlib, libressl, db, pam, libxcrypt, nixosTests
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, autoreconfHook
+, autoconf-archive
+, pkgconf
+, libtool
+, bison
+, libasr
+, libevent
+, zlib
+, libressl
+, db
+, pam
+, libxcrypt
+, nixosTests
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "opensmtpd";
-  version = "6.8.0p2";
+  version = "7.4.0p0";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool bison ];
-  buildInputs = [ libasr libevent zlib libressl db pam libxcrypt ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook autoconf-archive pkgconf libtool bison ];
+  buildInputs = [ libevent zlib libressl db pam libxcrypt ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.opensmtpd.org/archives/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "05sd7bmq29ibnqbl2z53hiyprfxzf0qydfdaixs68rz55wqhbgsi";
+    hash = "sha256-wYHMw0NKEeWDYZ4AAoUg1Ff+Bi403AO+6jWAeCIM43Q=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     ./proc_path.diff # TODO: upstream to OpenSMTPD, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/54045
-    ./cross_fix.diff # TODO: remove when https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD/pull/1177 will have made it into a release
   ];
 
-  # See https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD/issues/885 for the `sh bootstrap`
-  # requirement
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace mk/smtpctl/Makefile.am --replace "chgrp" "true"
     substituteInPlace mk/smtpctl/Makefile.am --replace "chmod 2555" "chmod 0555"
-    sh bootstrap
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [
@@ -43,9 +53,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-table-db"
   ];
 
-  # See https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD/pull/884
-  makeFlags = [ "CFLAGS=-ffunction-sections" "LDFLAGS=-Wl,--gc-sections" ];
-
   installFlags = [
     "sysconfdir=\${out}/etc"
     "localstatedir=\${TMPDIR}"
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     license = licenses.isc;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ obadz ekleog ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ obadz ekleog vifino ];
   };
   passthru.tests = {
     basic-functionality-and-dovecot-interaction = nixosTests.opensmtpd;