diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
index 523dc6aab83..9084aa0dff1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sc-im/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , makeWrapper
 , pkg-config
 , which
@@ -15,31 +14,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sc-im";
-  version = "0.8.0";
+  version = "0.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "andmarti1424";
     repo = "sc-im";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-/eG2BdkyfEGoSzPu6jT+Bn1RZTGT1D3etGj1tYchm1M=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-AIYa3d1ml1f5GNLKijeFPX+UabgEqzdXiP60BGvBPsQ=";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/src";
 
-  # make default colors readable on dark background
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/commit/78d2fdaaf2c578691e68fb5bd773803cb967ddba.patch";
-      sha256 = "09716zsqa9qdsj2qpkji8wlzsmp9gl66ggvrg7lmrwwnvli2zn2w";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/commit/f29d6605c8170febcec0dea7bda9613bee3b7011.patch";
-      sha256 = "1zs1sb23g0k6lig4d0qdzq1wdhcdzl424ch567zyjl191lyhsjyg";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  patchFlags = [ "-p2" ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeWrapper
     pkg-config