diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/le/lemurs/0001-fix-static-lifetime-string.patch b/pkgs/by-name/le/lemurs/0001-fix-static-lifetime-string.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fd2e06e2080f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/le/lemurs/0001-fix-static-lifetime-string.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-tree 18207ad257a4c0a9ffc4fd250360a91d0b5240cb
-parent 37963b8ff6945ae8bdbabee658e5e36d0f67b84a
-author Noa Aarts <noa@voorwaarts.nl> Tue Nov 5 13:49:49 2024 +0100
-committer Noa Aarts <noa@voorwaarts.nl> Tue Nov 5 13:49:49 2024 +0100
-
-fix static lifetime for string
-
-This fixes a compiler error without changing functionality
-
-diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
-index f4bca31..a4fc6bf 100644
---- a/src/config.rs
-+++ b/src/config.rs
-@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ struct Variable<'a> {
- }
- 
- impl<'a> Variable<'a> {
--    const START_SYMBOL: &str = "$";
-+    const START_SYMBOL: &'static str = "$";
- 
-     fn span(&self) -> std::ops::Range<usize> {
-         self.start..self.start + Self::START_SYMBOL.len() + self.ident.len()
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/le/lemurs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/le/lemurs/package.nix
index f4a8fc3bf30d..0d5095feaa64 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/le/lemurs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/le/lemurs/package.nix
@@ -1,46 +1,50 @@
 {
   fetchFromGitHub,
   lib,
+  bash,
+  lemurs,
   linux-pam,
   rustPlatform,
+  systemdMinimal,
   testers,
-  lemurs,
 }:
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   pname = "lemurs";
-  version = "0.3.2";
+  version = "0.3.2-unstable-2024-07-24";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "coastalwhite";
     repo = "lemurs";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-YDopY+wdWlVL2X+/wc1tLSSqFclAkt++JXMK3VodD4s=";
+    rev = "1d4be7d0c3f528a0c1e9326ac77f1e8a17161c83";
+    hash = "sha256-t/riJpgy0bD5CU8Zkzket4Gks2JXXSLRreMlrxlok0c=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # part of https://github.com/coastalwhite/lemurs/commit/09003a830400250ec7745939399fc942c505e6c6, but including the rest of the commit may be breaking
-    ./0001-fix-static-lifetime-string.patch
-  ];
-
   useFetchCargoVendor = true;
-  cargoHash = "sha256-FybaQ9xd5Unvo8gpSC8DzVKrXyVquHcJarzu0GaG8fw=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-Cwgu30rGe1/Mm4FEEH11OTtTHUlBNwl5jVzmJg5qQe8=";
 
   buildInputs = [
+    bash
     linux-pam
+    systemdMinimal
   ];
 
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
     package = lemurs;
+    # Package version is now different from the version that lemurs reports itself as.
+    version = "0.3.2";
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Customizable TUI display/login manager written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/coastalwhite/lemurs";
-    license = with licenses; [
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
       asl20
       mit
     ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jeremiahs ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      jeremiahs
+      nullcube
+    ];
     mainProgram = "lemurs";
   };
 }