diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/correct-post-install.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/correct-post-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 47e9800d265..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/correct-post-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/meson_post_install.py b/meson_post_install.py
-index 8d00e70..c28d19e 100644
---- a/meson_post_install.py
-+++ b/meson_post_install.py
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ prefix = environ['MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX']
- data_dir = path.join(prefix, 'share')
- schema_dir = path.join(data_dir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas')
- 
--if not environ['DESTDIR']:
-+if not environ.get('DESTDIR'):
-     print('Compiling gsettings schemas...')
-     call(['glib-compile-schemas', schema_dir])
-     print('Updating desktop database...')
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
index f8a02d2f78c..f00d6cfc60d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/font-manager/default.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "FontManager";
     repo = "master";
-    rev = "cc057f3e93f5b1033b04decee03cdb44177e48b3";
-    sha256 = "1xg80bi2465p5r8zfmb34iga9yqs3is1k4f13hw0ligvhb58gas0";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "16hma8rrkam6ngn5vbdaryn31vdixvii6920g9z928gylz9xkd3g";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-   ./correct-post-install.patch
-  ];
-
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Ddisable_pycompile=true"
   ];