diff --git a/gnu/packages/lsof.scm b/gnu/packages/lsof.scm
index 5f413483f4..6a46744edc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lsof.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lsof.scm
@@ -27,84 +27,49 @@ (define-module (gnu packages lsof)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages groff)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages perl))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages linux))
 
 (define-public lsof
   (package
     (name "lsof")
-    (version "4.94.0")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method git-fetch)
-       (uri (git-reference
-             (url "https://github.com/lsof-org/lsof")
-             (commit version)))
-       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "0yxv2jg6rnzys49lyrz9yjb4knamah4xvlqj596y6ix3vm4k3chp"))
-       (patches (search-patches "lsof-fatal-test-failures.patch"))))
+    (version "4.98.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/lsof-org/lsof")
+                    (commit version)))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0cjmhd01p5a9cy52lirv1rkidrzhyn366f4h212jcf1cmp8xh0hd"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (native-inputs
-     (list groff ; for soelim
-           perl))
+    (native-inputs (list automake
+                         autoconf
+                         groff ;for soelim
+                         perl
+                         pkg-config
+                         procps ;for ps
+                         util-linux)) ;for unshare
     (arguments
-     `(#:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (replace 'configure
-           (lambda _
-             (setenv "LSOF_CC" ,(cc-for-target))
-             ,@(if (%current-target-system)
-                   '((setenv "LINUX_CONF_CC" "gcc"))
-                   '())
-             (setenv "LSOF_MAKE" "make")
-
-             ;; By default, the makefile captures the output of 'uname -a'.
-             ;; Provide a fixed output instead to make builds reproducible.
-             (setenv "LSOF_SYSINFO"
-                     (string-append "GNU/" (utsname:sysname (uname))
-                                    " (GNU Guix)"))
-
-             (invoke "./Configure" "linux")))
-         (add-after 'configure 'patch-timestamps
-           (lambda _
-             (substitute* "Makefile"
-               (("`date`") "`date --date=@1`"))))
-         (add-after 'build 'build-man-page
-           (lambda _
-             (with-output-to-file "lsof.8"
-               (lambda _ (invoke "soelim" "Lsof.8")))))
-         (add-before 'check 'disable-failing-tests
-           (lambda _
-             (substitute* "tests/Makefile"
-               ;; Fails with ‘ERROR!!! client gethostbyaddr() failure’.
-               (("(STDTST=.*) LTsock" _ prefix) prefix)
-               ;; LTnfs fails without access to a remote NFS server, and LTlock
-               ;; fails when run on a Btrfs file system (see:
-               ;; https://github.com/lsof-org/lsof/issues/152).
-               (("OPTTST=[[:space:]]*LTbigf LTdnlc LTlock LTnfs")
-                "OPTTST = LTbigf LTdnlc"))))
-         (replace 'check
-           (lambda* (#:key tests? #:allow-other-keys)
-             (when tests?
-               (with-directory-excursion "tests"
-                 ;; Tests refuse to run on ‘unvalidated’ platforms.
-                 (make-file-writable "TestDB")
-                 (invoke "./Add2TestDB")
-
-                 ;; The ‘standard’ tests suggest running ‘optional’ ones as well.
-                 (invoke "make" "standard" "optional")))))
-         (replace 'install
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-               (install-file "lsof" (string-append out "/bin"))
-               (install-file "lsof.8" (string-append out "/share/man/man8"))))))))
+     `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+                  (add-before 'bootstrap 'disable-failing-tests
+                    (lambda _
+                      (substitute* "Makefile.am"
+                        ;; Fails with ‘ERROR!!! client gethostbyaddr() failure’.
+                        (("(TESTS \\+=.*) tests/LTsock" _ prefix)
+                         prefix)
+                        ;; Fails because /proc not mounted in sandbox
+                        (("\tdialects/linux/tests/case-20-epoll.bash \\\\")
+                         "\\")))))))
     (synopsis "Display information about open files")
     (description
      "Lsof stands for LiSt Open Files, and it does just that.
 It lists information about files that are open by the processes running
 on the system.")
-    (license (license:fsf-free
-              "file://00FAQ"
+    (license (license:fsf-free "file://00FAQ"
               "License inspired by zlib, see point 1.9 of 00FAQ in the distribution."))
     (home-page "https://people.freebsd.org/~abe/")))
