diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nextpnr/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nextpnr/package.nix
index a9399bb9bfbc..30d0fb69093c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nextpnr/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nextpnr/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   boost,
   python3,
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@
   enableGui ? false,
   wrapQtAppsHook ? null,
   qtbase ? null,
-  OpenGL ? null,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -25,42 +23,33 @@ let
   };
 
   pname = "nextpnr";
-  version = "0.7";
+  version = "0.8";
 
-  main_src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "YosysHQ";
-    repo = "nextpnr";
-    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-YIAQcCg9RjvCys1bQ3x+sTgTmnmEeXVbt9Lr6wtg1pA=";
-    name = "nextpnr";
+  prjxray_src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "f4pga";
+    repo = "prjxray";
+    rev = "faf9c774a340e39cf6802d009996ed6016e63521";
+    hash = "sha256-BEv7vJoOHWHZoc9EXbesfwFFClkuiSpVwHUrj4ahUcA=";
   };
 
-  test_src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "YosysHQ";
-    repo = "nextpnr-tests";
-    rev = "00c55a9eb9ea2e062b51fe0d64741412b185d95d";
-    hash = "sha256-83suMftMtnaRFq3T2/I7Uahb11WZlXhwYt6Q/rqi2Yo=";
-    name = "nextpnr-tests";
+  prjbeyond_src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "YosysHQ-GmbH";
+    repo = "prjbeyond-db";
+    rev = "06d3b424dd0e52d678087c891c022544238fb9e3";
+    hash = "sha256-nmyFFUO+/J2lb+lPATEjdYq0d21P1fN3N94JXR8brZ0=";
   };
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit pname version;
 
-  srcs = [
-    main_src
-    test_src
-  ];
-
-  sourceRoot = main_src.name;
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "boost-1_85-fixes.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/YosysHQ/nextpnr/commit/f085950383155a745cf2e3c0f28c468d01ff5fd7.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-ihN3S4eeBQSrKbHrGinE/SlIY3QDytYCaO9Mtu36n6c=";
-    })
-  ];
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "YosysHQ";
+    repo = "nextpnr";
+    tag = "${pname}-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-lconcmLACxWxC41fTIkUaGbfp79G98YdHA4mRJ9Qo1w=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
@@ -79,35 +68,30 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     let
       # the specified version must always start with "nextpnr-", so add it if
       # missing (e.g. if the user overrides with a git hash)
-      rev = main_src.rev;
+      rev = src.rev;
       version = if (lib.hasPrefix "nextpnr-" rev) then rev else "nextpnr-${rev}";
     in
     [
       "-DCURRENT_GIT_VERSION=${version}"
-      "-DARCH=generic;ice40;ecp5;gowin;himbaechel"
+      "-DARCH=generic;ice40;ecp5;himbaechel"
       "-DBUILD_TESTS=ON"
       "-DICESTORM_INSTALL_PREFIX=${icestorm}"
       "-DTRELLIS_INSTALL_PREFIX=${trellis}"
       "-DTRELLIS_LIBDIR=${trellis}/lib/trellis"
       "-DGOWIN_BBA_EXECUTABLE=${python3Packages.apycula}/bin/gowin_bba"
       "-DUSE_OPENMP=ON"
-      # warning: high RAM usage
-      "-DSERIALIZE_CHIPDBS=OFF"
+      "-DHIMBAECHEL_UARCH=all"
       "-DHIMBAECHEL_GOWIN_DEVICES=all"
+      "-DHIMBAECHEL_PRJXRAY_DB=${prjxray_src}"
+      "-DHIMBAECHEL_PRJBEYOND_DB=${prjbeyond_src}"
     ]
-    ++ (lib.optional enableGui "-DBUILD_GUI=ON")
-    ++ (lib.optional (
-      enableGui && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
-    ) "-DOPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OpenGL}/Library/Frameworks");
+    ++ (lib.optional enableGui "-DBUILD_GUI=ON");
 
   postPatch = ''
-    # use PyPy for icestorm if enabled
-    substituteInPlace ./ice40/CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace ''\'''${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}' '${icestorm.pythonInterp}'
-  '';
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    ln -s ../${test_src.name} tests
+    # Don't use #embed macro for chipdb binary embeddings - otherwise getting spurious type narrowing errors.
+    # Maybe related to: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/119256
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "check_cxx_compiler_hash_embed(HAS_HASH_EMBED CXX_FLAGS_HASH_EMBED)" ""
   '';
 
   doCheck = true;
@@ -116,17 +100,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     wrapQtApp $out/bin/nextpnr-generic
     wrapQtApp $out/bin/nextpnr-ice40
     wrapQtApp $out/bin/nextpnr-ecp5
-    wrapQtApp $out/bin/nextpnr-gowin
     wrapQtApp $out/bin/nextpnr-himbaechel
   '';
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Place and route tool for FPGAs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yosyshq/nextpnr";
-    license = licenses.isc;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ff9041c61f98..00cec1f1b229 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6827,7 +6827,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nextpnrWithGui = libsForQt5.callPackage ../by-name/ne/nextpnr/package.nix {
     enableGui = true;
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) OpenGL;
   };
 
   obliv-c = callPackage ../development/compilers/obliv-c {