diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
index e20ad1c954d1..c540f4bc26ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libaccounts-glib";
-  version = "1.24";
+  version = "1.26";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" "py" ];
 
@@ -11,12 +11,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "accounts-sso";
     repo = "libaccounts-glib";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0y8smg1rd279lrr9ad8b499i8pbkajmwd4xn41rdh9h93hs9apn7";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KVKylt+XjLfidsS2KzT7oFXP6rTR528lYAUP8dffu7k=";
   };
 
-  # See: https://gitlab.com/accounts-sso/libaccounts-glib/merge_requests/22
-  patches = [ ./py-override.patch ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     check
     docbook_xml_dtd_43
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/py-override.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/py-override.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4179f4fa0af0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/py-override.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/libaccounts-glib/pygobject/meson.build b/libaccounts-glib/pygobject/meson.build
-index fa1f4a0..588c4ce 100644
---- a/libaccounts-glib/pygobject/meson.build
-+++ b/libaccounts-glib/pygobject/meson.build
-@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
--python3 = import('python3')
--python_exec = python3.find_python()
--python_exec_result = run_command(python_exec, ['-c', 'import gi; from os.path import abspath; print(abspath(gi._overridesdir))'])
-+py_override = get_option('py-overrides-dir')
- 
--if python_exec_result.returncode() != 0
--    error('Failed to retreive the python GObject override directory')
-+if py_override == ''
-+    python3 = import('python3')
-+    python_exec = python3.find_python()
-+    
-+    python_exec_result = run_command(python_exec, ['-c', 'import gi; from os.path import abspath; print(abspath(gi._overridesdir))'])
-+
-+    if python_exec_result.returncode() != 0
-+        error('Failed to retreive the python GObject override directory')
-+    endif
-+
-+    py_override = python_exec_result.stdout().strip()
- endif
- 
--install_data('Accounts.py',
--    install_dir: join_paths(python_exec_result.stdout().strip())
-+install_data(
-+    'Accounts.py',
-+    install_dir: py_override
- )
-diff --git a/meson_options.txt  b/meson_options.txt 
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..2c33804
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/meson_options.txt 	
-@@ -0,0 +1 @@
-+option('py-overrides-dir', type : 'string', value : '', description: 'Path to pygobject overrides directory')