diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/speakersafetyd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sp/speakersafetyd/package.nix
index eab22ba075df..68a108e8b2ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sp/speakersafetyd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sp/speakersafetyd/package.nix
@@ -11,20 +11,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "speakersafetyd";
-  version = "1.1.2";
+  version = "1.1.2-unstable-2026-03-28";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "AsahiLinux";
     repo = "speakersafetyd";
-    tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-sSGoF2c5HfPM2FBrBJwJ9NvExYijGx6JH1bJp3epfe0=";
+    rev = "a97c341e39e3f89e99f65d2a35d4e060b3b0168a";
+    hash = "sha256-FWpO2cp8licwevpAP25fmiIUEehkQp61E4A7RmsKJH0=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-9XbrIY1VwnHtqi/ZfS952SyjNjA/TJRdOqCsPReZI8o=";
-
-  patches = [
-    ./remove-install-paths.patch
-  ];
+  cargoHash = "sha256-xcCnzDN/U3sp12UwznaYjalzcKxo8Eo4vHnO/Sf++Zk=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
@@ -34,8 +30,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace speakersafetyd.service \
-      --replace-fail "User=speakersafetyd" \
-                     "" \
       --replace-fail "/usr" \
                      "$out"
 
@@ -50,7 +44,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     "UNITDIR=lib/systemd/system"
     "UDEVDIR=lib/udev/rules.d"
     "SHAREDIR=share"
-    "TMPFILESDIR=lib/tmpfiles.d"
   ];
 
   dontCargoInstall = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/speakersafetyd/remove-install-paths.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sp/speakersafetyd/remove-install-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9581dc7ca1e5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sp/speakersafetyd/remove-install-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 41bf7b4..ca14be7 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@ install-data:
- 	install -pm0644 95-speakersafetyd.rules $(DESTDIR)/$(UDEVDIR)/95-speakersafetyd.rules
- 	install -dDm0755 $(DESTDIR)/$(SHAREDIR)/speakersafetyd/apple
- 	install -pm0644 -t $(DESTDIR)/$(SHAREDIR)/speakersafetyd/apple $(wildcard conf/apple/*)
--	install -dDm0755 -o $(SPEAKERSAFETYD_USER) -g $(SPEAKERSAFETYD_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/$(VARDIR)/lib/speakersafetyd
--	install -dDm0700 -o $(SPEAKERSAFETYD_USER) -g $(SPEAKERSAFETYD_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/$(VARDIR)/lib/speakersafetyd/blackbox
- 	install -dDm0755 $(DESTDIR)/$(TMPFILESDIR)
- 	install -pm0644 speakersafetyd.tmpfiles $(DESTDIR)/$(TMPFILESDIR)/speakersafetyd.conf
--	install -dDm0755 -o $(SPEAKERSAFETYD_USER) -g $(SPEAKERSAFETYD_GROUP) $(DESTDIR)/run/speakersafetyd
- 
- uninstall:
- 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/$(BINDIR)/speakersafetyd $(DESTDIR)/$(UNITDIR)/speakersafetyd.service $(DESTDIR)/$(UDEVDIR)/95-speakersafetyd.rules $(DESTDIR)/$(TMPFILESDIR)/speakersafetyd.conf