diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xsettingsd/SConstruct.patch b/pkgs/tools/X11/xsettingsd/SConstruct.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bae8d1efc14d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xsettingsd/SConstruct.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
-index bebc82e..3e0127b 100644
---- a/SConstruct
-+++ b/SConstruct
-@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ srcs = Split('''\
- ''')
- libxsettingsd = env.Library('xsettingsd', srcs)
- env['LIBS'] = libxsettingsd
-+env['ENV']['PATH'] = os.environ.get('PATH', '')
-+env['ENV']['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = os.environ.get('PKG_CONFIG_PATH', '')
- env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs x11')
- 
- xsettingsd     = env.Program('xsettingsd', 'xsettingsd.cc')
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xsettingsd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xsettingsd/default.nix
index 7572e19fbf91..0fe260e3db1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xsettingsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xsettingsd/default.nix
@@ -1,38 +1,31 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, scons, pkg-config, libX11 }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config, libX11 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "xsettingsd";
-  version = "1.0.0";
+  version = "1.0.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "derat";
     repo = "xsettingsd";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "05m4jlw0mgwp24cvyklncpziq1prr2lg0cq9c055sh4n9d93d07v";
+    sha256 = "sha256-CIYshZqJICuL8adKHIN4R6nudaqWOCK2UPrGhsKf9pE=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./SConstruct.patch
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ scons pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libX11 ];
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    scons -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES -l$NIX_BUILD_CORES
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -D -t "$out"/bin xsettingsd dump_xsettings
-    install -D -t "$out"/usr/share/man/man1 xsettingsd.1 dump_xsettings.1
+  # we end up with symlinked unit files if we don't move them around ourselves
+  postFixup = ''
+    rm -r $out/lib/systemd
+    mv $out/share/systemd $out/lib
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Provides settings to X11 applications via the XSETTINGS specification";
     homepage = "https://github.com/derat/xsettingsd";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.romildo ];
   };
 }