diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix
index 8b53f1711cfc..b240cfc8e9ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/jwm-settings-manager.nix
@@ -42,14 +42,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace 'CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/usr"' "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX $out"
+      --replace-fail "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)" "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)" \
+      --replace-fail 'CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/usr"' "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX $out"
     substituteInPlace data/CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace 'DESTINATION usr/share' "DESTINATION share"
-  '';
-
-  postConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace cmake_install.cmake \
-      --replace "/var/empty" "/usr"
+      --replace-fail 'DESTINATION usr/share' "DESTINATION share"
   '';
 
   meta = {