diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index b631fa6d5a..ee90d102ac 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2007,7 +2007,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/warsow-qfusion-fix-bool-return-type.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/wdl-link-libs-and-fix-jnetlib.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/webkitgtk-adjust-bubblewrap-paths.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/webkitgtk-libelogind.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/webrtc-audio-processing-big-endian.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/webrtc-for-telegram-desktop-fix-gcc12-cstdint.patch   \
   %D%/packages/patches/websocketpp-fix-for-cmake-3.15.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-libelogind.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-libelogind.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fa1fbc8783..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-libelogind.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-From 8d46803c09edc2b6d4e35c778a3d2f90e5baad0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 22:55:16 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] Fallback to elogind when systemd is unavailable at build time
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=254475
-
-Reviewed by NOBODY (OOPS!).
-
-The build system supports elogind, but it only considers the
-'libsystemd' library name for the pkg-config lookup and not
-'libelogind'.  This change makes the build system fallback to search
-for libelogind when libsystemd was not found.
-
-* Source/cmake/FindJournald.cmake [!PC_SYSTEMD_FOUND]: Search for libelogind.
----
- Source/cmake/FindJournald.cmake | 4 ++++
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/Source/cmake/FindJournald.cmake b/Source/cmake/FindJournald.cmake
-index 18dd6b50908c..e0dc9ce1d397 100644
---- a/Source/cmake/FindJournald.cmake
-+++ b/Source/cmake/FindJournald.cmake
-@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
- 
- # libelogind provides compatible pc and header files
- pkg_check_modules(PC_SYSTEMD QUIET libsystemd)
-+if (NOT PC_SYSTEMD_FOUND)
-+    pkg_check_modules(PC_SYSTEMD QUIET libelogind)
-+endif ()
-+
- set(Journald_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${PC_SYSTEMD_CFLAGS_OTHER})
- set(Journald_VERSION ${PC_SYSTEMD_VERSION})
- 
-
-base-commit: 43ea8744bc6065aad7ae5988e32d31d253905e5f
--- 
-2.39.2
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
index e5eafcb142..5b2bac7b15 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
@@ -127,16 +127,15 @@ (define-public wpebackend-fdo
 (define-public webkitgtk
   (package
     (name "webkitgtk")                  ; webkit2gtk4
-    (version "2.40.0")
+    (version "2.40.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://www.webkitgtk.org/releases/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
-               (base32 "14xkgamqlshxqw6fcslvw0yzj4y5mvx66b6bn64rwrl9pyhpwq54"))
+               (base32 "1xky3cy4l5k0nj366pk17lrzy0n0k6plks9sy0g1dllc9yc2drb4"))
               (patches (search-patches
-                        "webkitgtk-adjust-bubblewrap-paths.patch"
-                        "webkitgtk-libelogind.patch"))))
+                        "webkitgtk-adjust-bubblewrap-paths.patch"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (outputs '("out" "doc" "debug"))
     (arguments