diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/default.nix
index 6b0001ad74a..e25f74c2dc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./disable-desktop-client.patch
-    ./disable-update-check.patch
   ];
 
   # override $HOME directory:
@@ -27,6 +26,12 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     rm jellyfin_mpv_shim/win_utils.py
   '';
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace jellyfin_mpv_shim/conf.py \
+      --replace "check_updates: bool = True" "check_updates: bool = False" \
+      --replace "notify_updates: bool = True" "notify_updates: bool = False"
+  '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     jellyfin-apiclient-python
     mpv
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/disable-update-check.patch b/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/disable-update-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6941b956e85..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/jellyfin-mpv-shim/disable-update-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/jellyfin_mpv_shim/conf.py b/jellyfin_mpv_shim/conf.py
-index 0ab9326..ccedc17 100644
---- a/jellyfin_mpv_shim/conf.py
-+++ b/jellyfin_mpv_shim/conf.py
-@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ class Settings(object):
-         "sync_revert_seek":     True,
-         "sync_osd_message":     True,
-         "screenshot_menu":      True,
--        "check_updates":        True,
--        "notify_updates":       True,
-+        "check_updates":        False,
-+        "notify_updates":       False,
-         "lang":                 None,
-         "desktop_scale":        1.0,
-     }