diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/appdata-validate.patch b/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/appdata-validate.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 45721d2b72e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/appdata-validate.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/data/meson.build
-+++ b/data/meson.build
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ configure_file(
- 
- appstream_util = find_program('appstream-util', required: false)
- if appstream_util.found()
--  test('Validate appstream file', appstream_util, args: ['validate', appdata])
-+  test('Validate appstream file', appstream_util, args: ['validate', '--nonet', appdata])
- endif
- 
- desktop_file_validate = find_program('desktop-file-validate', required: false)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix
index e734922b1c7..a04eebfcc40 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, python3
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, meson, ninja, python3
 , gettext, pkgconfig, desktop-file-utils, wrapGAppsHook
 , appstream-glib, epoxy, glib, gtk3, mpv
 }:
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ epoxy glib gtk3 mpv ];
 
   patches = [
-    ./appdata-validate.patch
+    # fix appstream validation in sandbox
+    # https://github.com/celluloid-player/celluloid/pull/437
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/celluloid-player/celluloid/commit/5a0b2e892bb715278d309c859a7e521d64433d85.patch;
+      sha256 = "0naci8lr6128yilal39h46yvq9x3la7g7fhvr5xlwyh30iqrbm3i";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''