diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ArchiSteamFarm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ArchiSteamFarm/default.nix
index d7909c64a203..da5bda5569f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ArchiSteamFarm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ArchiSteamFarm/default.nix
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-SRWqe8KTjFdgVW7/EYRVUONtDWwxpcZ1GXWFPjKZzpI=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # otherwise installPhase fails with NETSDK1129
-    ./fix-framework.diff
-  ];
-
   dotnet-runtime = dotnetCorePackages.aspnetcore_7_0;
   dotnet-sdk = dotnetCorePackages.sdk_7_0;
 
@@ -38,6 +33,9 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
     "-p:PublishSingleFile=true"
     "-p:PublishTrimmed=true"
   ];
+  dotnetInstallFlags = [
+    "--framework=net7.0"
+  ];
   selfContainedBuild = true;
 
   runtimeDeps = [ libkrb5 zlib openssl ];
@@ -58,9 +56,11 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     buildPlugin() {
+      echo "Publishing plugin $1"
       dotnet publish $1 -p:ContinuousIntegrationBuild=true -p:Deterministic=true \
         --output $out/lib/${pname}/plugins/$1 --configuration Release \
-        -p:TargetLatestRuntimePatch=false -p:UseAppHost=false --no-restore
+        -p:TargetLatestRuntimePatch=false -p:UseAppHost=false --no-restore \
+        --framework=net7.0
      }
 
      buildPlugin ArchiSteamFarm.OfficialPlugins.ItemsMatcher
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ArchiSteamFarm/fix-framework.diff b/pkgs/applications/misc/ArchiSteamFarm/fix-framework.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c525e735b0e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ArchiSteamFarm/fix-framework.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
-index 89137fba..bce300a4 100644
---- a/Directory.Build.props
-+++ b/Directory.Build.props
-@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
- 		<RepositoryUrl>$(PackageProjectUrl).git</RepositoryUrl>
- 		<RollForward>LatestMajor</RollForward>
- 		<RuntimeIdentifiers>linux-arm;linux-arm64;linux-x64;osx-arm64;osx-x64;win-arm64;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
--		<TargetFrameworks>net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
-+		<TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
- 		<TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
- 	</PropertyGroup>
- 
- 	<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' OR '$(ASFNetFramework)' != ''">
--		<TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net481</TargetFrameworks>
-+		<TargetFramework>$(TargetFramework);net481</TargetFramework>
- 	</PropertyGroup>
- 
- 	<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(ASFNetStandard)' != ''">
--		<TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);netstandard2.1</TargetFrameworks>
-+		<TargetFramework>$(TargetFramework);netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
- 	</PropertyGroup>
- 
- 	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net481' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.1'">