diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 219917a77be..e0dcb5ce76d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5990,23 +5990,16 @@ pythonPackages = modules // import ./python-packages-generated.nix {
 
 
   robotframework-ride = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.2.2";
+    version = "1.2.3";
     name = "robotframework-ride-${version}";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://robotframework-ride.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1yfvl0hdjjkwk90w3f3i23dxxk3yiyv4pbvnp4l7yd6cmxsia8f3";
+      sha256 = "1lf5f4x80f7d983bmkx12sxcizzii21kghs8kf63a1mj022a5x5j";
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygments wxPython modules.sqlite3 ];
 
-    # Stop copying (read-only) permission bits from the nix store into $HOME,
-    # because that leads to this:
-    #   IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/bfo/.robotframework/ride/settings.cfg'
-    postPatch = ''
-      sed -i "s|shutil\.copy(|shutil.copyfile(|" src/robotide/preferences/settings.py
-    '';
-
     # ride_postinstall.py checks that needed deps are installed and creates a
     # desktop shortcut. We don't really need it and it clutters up bin/ so
     # remove it.