diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/config.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/config.patch
index c42c647e697..46982d51e00 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/config.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/config.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,44 @@
 diff --git a/script/rofi-theme-selector b/script/rofi-theme-selector
-index 0646e4bc..a19ec706 100755
+index 0646e4bc..f827dbfe 100755
 --- a/script/rofi-theme-selector
 +++ b/script/rofi-theme-selector
-@@ -164,7 +164,12 @@ Current theme: <b>${CUR}</b>"""
+@@ -42,34 +42,7 @@ function find_themes()
+     DIRS=${XDG_DATA_DIRS}
+     OLDIFS=${IFS}
+     IFS=:
+-    if [ -z "${XDG_DATA_DIRS}" ]
+-    then
+-        echo "XDG_DATA_DIRS needs to be set for this script to function correctly."
+-        echo -n "Using dirs from \$PATH: "
+-        DIRS=
+-        # Iterate over items in $PATH
+-        for p in ${PATH}; do
+-            # Remove trailing / if exists.
+-            x=${p%/}
+-            # remove both /bin and /sbin and /games from end
+-            x=${x%/bin}
+-            x=${x%/sbin}
+-            x=${x%/games}
+-            # Add /share
+-            x=${x}/share
+-            # Check if entry exists Prepend : so :${x}: matches nicely
+-            case ":${DIRS}" in
+-                *$x:*);;
+-                *) DIRS+="$x:";;
+-            esac
+-        done
+-        # Remove trailing :
+-        DIRS=${DIRS%:}
+-        echo "${DIRS}"
+-    fi
+-    # Add user dir.
+-    DIRS+=":${HOME}/.local/share/"
+-    DIRS+=":${HOME}/.config/"
++    DIRS+=":%ROFIOUT%/"
+     for p in ${DIRS}; do 
+     	p=${p%/}
+         TD=${p}/rofi/themes
+@@ -164,7 +137,12 @@ Current theme: <b>${CUR}</b>"""
  ###
  function set_theme()
  {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
index 707cdd42206..734adf3eb58 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   # config.patch may be removed in the future - https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/pull/781
-  patches = [ ./nix.patch ./config.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./config.patch ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     patchShebangs "script"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/nix.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/nix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e91f81b0f2..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/nix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/script/rofi-theme-selector b/script/rofi-theme-selector
-index 0646e4bc..f82e5ad9 100755
---- a/script/rofi-theme-selector
-+++ b/script/rofi-theme-selector
-@@ -42,34 +42,8 @@ function find_themes()
-     DIRS=${XDG_DATA_DIRS}
-     OLDIFS=${IFS}
-     IFS=:
--    if [ -z "${XDG_DATA_DIRS}" ]
--    then
--        echo "XDG_DATA_DIRS needs to be set for this script to function correctly."
--        echo -n "Using dirs from \$PATH: "
--        DIRS=
--        # Iterate over items in $PATH
--        for p in ${PATH}; do
--            # Remove trailing / if exists.
--            x=${p%/}
--            # remove both /bin and /sbin and /games from end
--            x=${x%/bin}
--            x=${x%/sbin}
--            x=${x%/games}
--            # Add /share
--            x=${x}/share
--            # Check if entry exists Prepend : so :${x}: matches nicely
--            case ":${DIRS}" in
--                *$x:*);;
--                *) DIRS+="$x:";;
--            esac
--        done
--        # Remove trailing :
--        DIRS=${DIRS%:}
--        echo "${DIRS}"
--    fi
--    # Add user dir.
--    DIRS+=":${HOME}/.local/share/"
--    DIRS+=":${HOME}/.config/"
-+
-+    DIRS+=":%ROFIOUT%/"
-     for p in ${DIRS}; do
-	p=${p%/}
-         TD=${p}/rofi/themes