diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/Use-correct-header-for-malloc.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/Use-correct-header-for-malloc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d91e43ba2d3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/Use-correct-header-for-malloc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- a/demos/programs/workspace/xrmLib.c
-+++ b/demos/programs/workspace/xrmLib.c
-@@ -30,7 +30,14 @@ static char rcsid[] = "$XConsortium: xrmLib.c /main/6 1995/07/14 10:01:41 drk $"
- #endif
- 
- #include <stdio.h>
--#include <malloc.h>
-+#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(__STDC__) || defined(__EXTENSIONS__)
-+#  include <stdlib.h>
-+#  if defined(HAVE_MALLOC_H)
-+#  include <malloc.h>
-+#  elif defined(HAVE_SYS_MALLOC_H)
-+#  include <sys/malloc.h>
-+#  endif
-+#endif
- #include <Xm/Xm.h>
- #include "wsm.h"
- #include "wsmDebug.h"
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/default.nix
index 0499aaec532..28b954d948c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/motif/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "motif";
-  version = "2.3.6";
+  version = "2.3.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/motif/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1ksqbp0bzdw6wcrx8s4hj4ivvxmw54hz85l2xfigb87cxmmhx0gs";
+    sha256 = "1rxwkrhmj8sfg7dwmkhq885valwqbh26d79033q7vb7fcqv756w5";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -28,24 +28,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "CFLAGS=-fno-strict-aliasing" ];
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    rm lib/Xm/Xm.h
-  '' + lib.optionalString (!demoSupport) ''
+  prePatch = lib.optionalString (!demoSupport) ''
     sed '/^SUBDIRS =,^$/s/\<demos\>//' -i Makefile.{am,in}
   '';
 
   patches = [ ./Remove-unsupported-weak-refs-on-darwin.patch
-              ./Use-correct-header-for-malloc.patch
               ./Add-X.Org-to-bindings-file.patch
-            ];
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://motif.ics.com";
     description = "Unix standard widget-toolkit and window-manager";
-    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-    license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl21Plus ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ qyliss ];
   };
 }