diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
index f2b430c5bc11..7d611d1f0d50 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # make meson use the provided dependencies instead of the git submodules
     "${finalAttrs.src}/nix/patches/meson-build.patch"
     # look into $XDG_DESKTOP_PORTAL_DIR instead of /usr; runtime checks for conflicting portals
-    "${finalAttrs.src}/nix/patches/portals.patch"
+    # NOTE: revert back to the patch inside SRC on the next version bump
+    # "${finalAttrs.src}/nix/patches/portals.patch"
+    ./portals.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/portals.patch b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/portals.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb3d97c371ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/portals.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
+index 1d978aed..56665389 100644
+--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
++++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
+@@ -2365,17 +2365,16 @@ void CCompositor::performUserChecks() {
+ 
+     static auto* const    PSUPPRESSPORTAL = &g_pConfigManager->getConfigValuePtr("misc:suppress_portal_warnings")->intValue;
+ 
+-    if (!*PSUPPRESSPORTAL) {
+-        if (std::ranges::any_of(BAD_PORTALS, [&](const std::string& portal) { return std::filesystem::exists("/usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/" + portal + ".portal"); })) {
++    static auto* const    PORTALDIRENV = getenv("XDG_DESKTOP_PORTAL_DIR");
++
++    static auto const     PORTALDIR = PORTALDIRENV != NULL ? std::string(PORTALDIRENV) : "";
++
++    if (!*PSUPPRESSPORTAL && PORTALDIR != "") {
++        if (std::ranges::any_of(BAD_PORTALS, [&](const std::string& portal) { return std::filesystem::exists(PORTALDIR + "/" + portal + ".portal"); })) {
+             // bad portal detected
+             g_pHyprNotificationOverlay->addNotification("You have one or more incompatible xdg-desktop-portal impls installed. Please remove incompatible ones to avoid issues.",
+                                                         CColor(0), 15000, ICON_ERROR);
+         }
+-
+-        if (std::filesystem::exists("/usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/hyprland.portal") && std::filesystem::exists("/usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/wlr.portal")) {
+-            g_pHyprNotificationOverlay->addNotification("You have xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland and -wlr installed simultaneously. Please uninstall one to avoid issues.", CColor(0),
+-                                                        15000, ICON_ERROR);
+-        }
+     }
+ }
+