diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/parabolic/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/parabolic/package.nix
index 4185627fbdd9..12ae8ffefb93 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/parabolic/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/parabolic/package.nix
@@ -18,29 +18,21 @@
   wrapGAppsHook4,
   libxmlxx5,
   blueprint-compiler,
-  qt6,
-  qlementine,
-  qlementine-icons,
   yt-dlp,
   ffmpeg,
   aria2,
   nix-update-script,
-  uiPlatform ? "gnome",
 }:
-assert lib.assertOneOf "uiPlatform" uiPlatform [
-  "gnome"
-  "qt"
-];
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "parabolic";
-  version = "2025.6.0";
+  version = "2025.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "NickvisionApps";
     repo = "Parabolic";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-Osfj/GaD4t85ZYnlFDqgHhLJLA8VvgqtHEJN8bn0SxI=";
+    hash = "sha256-Xft9yqkJzWu4eGPDtRl4tV4594HjJp17Osnv0kG0IMk=";
   };
 
   # Patches desktop file/dbus service bypassing wrapped executable
@@ -52,6 +44,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     substituteInPlace "resources/linux/org.nickvision.tubeconverter.service.in" \
       --replace-fail "@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@/@PROJECT_NAME@/@OUTPUT_NAME@" \
                      "@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR@/@PROJECT_NAME@"
+  ''
+  # Ensure that users are not downloading vendored versions of yt-dlp
+  # outside of nixpkgs
+  + ''
+    substituteInPlace "libparabolic/src/models/downloadmanager.cpp" \
+      --replace-fail "m_ytdlpManager.checkForUpdates();" \
+                     ""
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -62,66 +61,39 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     itstool
     yelp-tools
     desktop-file-utils
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (uiPlatform == "gnome") [
     wrapGAppsHook4
     blueprint-compiler
     glib
     shared-mime-info
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optional (uiPlatform == "qt") qt6.wrapQtAppsHook;
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libnick
     boost
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (uiPlatform == "qt") [
-    qt6.qtbase
-    qt6.qtsvg
-    qlementine
-    qlementine-icons
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (uiPlatform == "gnome") [
     glib
     gtk4
     libadwaita
     libxmlxx5
   ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    (lib.cmakeFeature "UI_PLATFORM" uiPlatform)
-  ];
-
-  dontWrapGApps = true;
-  dontWrapQtApps = true;
-
-  preFixup =
-    lib.optionalString (uiPlatform == "gnome") ''
-      makeWrapperArgs+=("''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}")
-    ''
-    + lib.optionalString (uiPlatform == "qt") ''
-      makeWrapperArgs+=("''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}")
-    ''
-    + ''
-        makeWrapperArgs+=(--prefix PATH : ${
-          lib.makeBinPath [
-            aria2
-            ffmpeg
-            yt-dlp
-          ]
-        })
-
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/org.nickvision.tubeconverter \
-        ''${makeWrapperArgs[@]}
-    '';
+  preFixup = ''
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(--prefix PATH : ${
+      lib.makeBinPath [
+        aria2
+        ffmpeg
+        yt-dlp
+      ]
+    })
+  '';
 
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
     description = "Graphical frontend for yt-dlp to download video and audio";
     longDescription = ''
-      Parabolic is a user-friendly frontend for `yt-dlp` that supports
-      many features including but limited to:
+      Parabolic is a user-friendly adwaita application for `yt-dlp`
+      that supports many features including but not limited to:
+
       - Downloading and converting videos and audio using ffmpeg.
       - Supporting multiple codecs.
       - Offering YouTube sponsorblock support.
@@ -129,11 +101,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       - Downloading metadata and video subtitles.
       - Allowing the use of `aria2` for parallel downloads.
       - Offering a graphical keyring to manage account credentials.
-      - Being available as both a Qt and GNOME application.
-
-      By default, the GNOME interface is used, but the Qt interface
-      can be built by overriding the `uiPlatform` argument to `"qt"`
-      over the default value `"gnome"`.
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/NickvisionApps/Parabolic";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;