diff --git a/gnu/packages/image.scm b/gnu/packages/image.scm
index e27b9223dd..7ed18cf1a6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/image.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/image.scm
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ (define-public freeimage
                 (for-each
                   (lambda (dir)
                     (delete-file-recursively (string-append "Source/" dir)))
-                  '("LibJPEG" "LibJXR" "LibOpenJPEG" "LibPNG" "LibRawLite"
+                  '("LibJPEG" "LibOpenJPEG" "LibPNG" "LibRawLite"
+                    ;; "LibJXR"
                     "LibWebP" "OpenEXR" "ZLib"))))
             (patches (search-patches "freeimage-unbundle.patch"
                                      "freeimage-CVE-2015-0852.patch"
@@ -760,14 +761,15 @@ (define-public freeimage
             ;; We need '-fpermissive' for Source/FreeImage.h.
             ;; libjxr doesn't have a pkg-config file.
             (string-append "CFLAGS+=-O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -fpermissive "
-                           "-I" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libjxr") "/include/jxrlib"))
+                           ;"-I" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "libjxr") "/include/jxrlib"
+                           ))
       #:tests? #f)) ; no check target
    (native-inputs
     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
       ("unzip" ,unzip)))
    (inputs
     `(("libjpeg" ,libjpeg)
-      ("libjxr" ,libjxr)
+      ;("libjxr" ,libjxr)
       ("libpng" ,libpng)
       ("libraw" ,libraw)
       ("libtiff" ,libtiff)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/freeimage-unbundle.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/freeimage-unbundle.patch
index 2727d9fbda..ca907d3276 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/freeimage-unbundle.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/freeimage-unbundle.patch
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ diff -rupN FreeImage/gensrclist.sh FreeImage-new/gensrclist.sh
  #!/bin/sh
  
 -DIRLIST=". Source Source/Metadata Source/FreeImageToolkit Source/LibJPEG Source/LibPNG Source/LibTIFF4 Source/ZLib Source/LibOpenJPEG Source/OpenEXR Source/OpenEXR/Half Source/OpenEXR/Iex Source/OpenEXR/IlmImf Source/OpenEXR/IlmThread Source/OpenEXR/Imath Source/OpenEXR/IexMath Source/LibRawLite Source/LibRawLite/dcraw Source/LibRawLite/internal Source/LibRawLite/libraw Source/LibRawLite/src Source/LibWebP Source/LibJXR Source/LibJXR/common/include Source/LibJXR/image/sys Source/LibJXR/jxrgluelib"
-+DIRLIST=". Source Source/Metadata Source/FreeImageToolkit"
++DIRLIST=". Source Source/Metadata Source/FreeImageToolkit Source/LibJXR Source/LibJXR/common/include Source/LibJXR/image/sys Source/LibJXR/jxrgluelib"
  
  echo "VER_MAJOR = 3" > Makefile.srcs
  echo "VER_MINOR = 17.0" >> Makefile.srcs
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ diff -rupN FreeImage/Makefile.gnu FreeImage-new/Makefile.gnu
 -# LibJXR
 -CXXFLAGS += -D__ANSI__
 -CXXFLAGS += $(INCLUDE)
-+override CFLAGS += $(INCLUDE) -D__ANSI__ -I/usr/include/jxrlib $(shell pkg-config --cflags OpenEXR libopenjp2 libraw libpng libtiff-4 libwebp libwebpmux zlib)
-+override LDFLAGS += -ljpeg -ljpegxr -ljxrglue $(shell pkg-config --libs OpenEXR libopenjp2 libraw libpng libtiff-4 libwebp libwebpmux zlib)
++override CFLAGS += $(INCLUDE) -D__ANSI__ $(shell pkg-config --cflags OpenEXR libopenjp2 libraw libpng libtiff-4 libwebp libwebpmux zlib)
++override LDFLAGS += -ljpeg $(shell pkg-config --libs OpenEXR libopenjp2 libraw libpng libtiff-4 libwebp libwebpmux zlib)
  
  ifeq ($(shell sh -c 'uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not'),x86_64)
 -	CFLAGS += -fPIC
@@ -215,18 +215,6 @@ diff -rupN FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginJPEG.cpp FreeImage-new/Source/FreeIm
  }
  
  #include "FreeImage.h"
-diff -rupN FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginJXR.cpp FreeImage-new/Source/FreeImage/PluginJXR.cpp
---- FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginJXR.cpp	2015-03-02 02:07:08.000000000 +0100
-+++ FreeImage-new/Source/FreeImage/PluginJXR.cpp	2015-09-05 02:13:52.043353343 +0200
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
- #include "Utilities.h"
- #include "../Metadata/FreeImageTag.h"
- 
--#include "../LibJXR/jxrgluelib/JXRGlue.h"
-+#include <JXRGlue.h>
- 
- // ==========================================================
- // Plugin Interface
 diff -rupN FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginPNG.cpp FreeImage-new/Source/FreeImage/PluginPNG.cpp
 --- FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginPNG.cpp	2015-03-10 20:16:12.000000000 +0100
 +++ FreeImage-new/Source/FreeImage/PluginPNG.cpp	2015-09-05 02:13:52.044353363 +0200