diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc/patches/ppc64-be-elfv2.patch b/srcpkgs/ghc/patches/ppc64-be-elfv2.patch
index 41ad0ceb346..275444e828b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc/patches/ppc64-be-elfv2.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc/patches/ppc64-be-elfv2.patch
@@ -128,15 +128,6 @@ index d360cfe..ab7ede7 100644
                    STG_UNUSED
  #endif
                )
-@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ TODO: Depending on how much allocation overhead stgMallocBytes uses for
-         }
-     }
-
--#elif defined(powerpc_HOST_ARCH) || defined(powerpc64_HOST_ARCH)
-+#elif defined(powerpc_HOST_ARCH) || (defined(powerpc64_HOST_ARCH) && (_CALL_ELF != 2))
-
- #define OP_LO(op,lo)  ((((unsigned)(op)) << 16) | (((unsigned)(lo)) & 0xFFFF))
- #define OP_HI(op,hi)  ((((unsigned)(op)) << 16) | (((unsigned)(hi)) >> 16))
 @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ freeHaskellFunctionPtr(void* ptr)
     return;
   }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc/patches/sphinx-unicode.patch b/srcpkgs/ghc/patches/sphinx-unicode.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a09de43bc0..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc/patches/sphinx-unicode.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff -rpU2 ghc-8.8.4-orig/docs/users_guide/conf.py ghc-8.8.4/docs/users_guide/conf.py
---- ghc-8.8.4-orig/docs/users_guide/conf.py	2020-07-08 16:43:03.000000000 +0000
-+++ ghc-8.8.4/docs/users_guide/conf.py	2021-07-10 20:25:33.536928487 +0000
-@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@ latex_elements = {
-     'inputenc': '',
-     'utf8extra': '',
--    'preamble': '''
-+    'preamble': r'''
- \usepackage{fontspec}
- \usepackage{makeidx}
-@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ latex_elements = {
- \setromanfont{DejaVu Serif}
- \setmonofont{DejaVu Sans Mono}
--\setlength{\\tymin}{45pt}
-+\setlength{\tymin}{45pt}
- ''',
- }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc/template b/srcpkgs/ghc/template
index 3bb7aa59f70..b8b16f67b43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ghc'
 pkgname=ghc
 # Keep this synchronized with http://www.stackage.org/lts
-version=8.10.4
+version=8.10.7
 revision=1
 wrksrc="ghc-${version%[!0-9]}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ maintainer="slotThe <soliditsallgood@mailbox.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/"
 distfiles="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/${version%[!0-9]}/${pkgname}-${version%[!0-9]}-src.tar.xz"
-checksum=52af871b4e08550257d720c2944ac85727d0b948407cef1bebfe7508c224910e
+checksum=e3eef6229ce9908dfe1ea41436befb0455fefb1932559e860ad4c606b0d03c9d
 nocross=yes # this is conditionally unset for cross bindist
 nodebug=yes # work around assembler error "Fatal error: duplicate .debug_line sections"
 _bindir="/usr/lib/${pkgname}-${version}/bin"