diff --git a/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/BUILD.gn b/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/BUILD.gn
index 216f825afe2a1..14ba716d609f4 100644
--- a/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/BUILD.gn
@@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ if (use_system_harfbuzz) {
       defines += [ "HAVE_PTHREAD" ]
     }
 
+    if (is_starboard) {
+      defines += [ "HB_NO_GETENV" ]
+    }
+
     if (enable_paint_preview) {
       # Paint Previews make use of CFF subsetting. However, enabling this is
       # expensive for binary size so only compile it when Paint Previews are
diff --git a/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/README.chromium b/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/README.chromium
index ce071db04cb2b..bdcdac51cdbd8 100644
--- a/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/README.chromium
+++ b/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/README.chromium
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Name: harfbuzz-ng
 Short Name: harfbuzz-ng
 URL: http://harfbuzz.org
-Version: 5.3.1-25
-CPEPrefix: cpe:/a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:5.3.1
-Date: 20221104
-Revision: 2822b589bc837fae6f66233e2cf2eef0f6ce8470
+Version: 7.1.0-101
+CPEPrefix: cpe:/a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:7.1.0
+Date: 20230425
+Revision: 2175f5d050743317c563ec9414e0f83a47f7fbc4
 Security Critical: yes
 License: MIT
 License File: src/COPYING
diff --git a/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/src/src/hb.hh b/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/src/src/hb.hh
index cdd648ce060e4..30b3de499a115 100644
--- a/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/src/src/hb.hh
+++ b/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/src/src/hb.hh
@@ -214,10 +214,6 @@
 #define HB_PASTE1(a,b) a##b
 #define HB_PASTE(a,b) HB_PASTE1(a,b)
 
-#if defined(STARBOARD)
-#define getenv(x) NULL
-#endif  // defined(STARBOARD)
-
 
 /* Compile-time custom allocator support. */