diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqtt-exporter/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqtt-exporter/package.nix
index 8ae7fe04a6aa..60fde8c7b47a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqtt-exporter/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mq/mqtt-exporter/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   python3,
 }:
 
@@ -16,11 +17,13 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-z2y43sRlwgy3Bwhu8rvlTkf6HOT+v8kjo5FT3lo5CEA=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # https://github.com/kpetremann/mqtt-exporter/pull/117
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace-fail  "mqtt_exporter.main:main" "mqtt_exporter.main:main_mqtt_exporter"
-  '';
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "Fix `mqtt-exporter` script";
+      url = "https://github.com/kpetremann/mqtt-exporter/commit/53f5f31b28cb5aeec1c8d0bb7d1aea56f036082e.diff";
+      hash = "sha256-LS+kO6bHofNQxk9o+ExsJnaecwfY/40S0MIJwpJxCAI=";
+    })
+  ];
 
   build-system = with python3.pkgs; [ setuptools ];