diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/en/ente-auth/0001-disable-updates.patch b/pkgs/by-name/en/ente-auth/0001-disable-updates.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..512106f8d853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/en/ente-auth/0001-disable-updates.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/auth/lib/services/update_service.dart b/auth/lib/services/update_service.dart
+index 716d553f1b..3946d87a7d 100644
+--- a/lib/services/update_service.dart
++++ b/lib/services/update_service.dart
+@@ -134,9 +134,7 @@ class UpdateService {
+   }
+ 
+   bool isIndependent() {
+-    return flavor == "independent" ||
+-        _packageInfo.packageName.endsWith("independent") ||
+-        PlatformUtil.isDesktop();
++    return false;
+   }
+ }
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/en/ente-auth/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/en/ente-auth/package.nix
index 05ff15e07291..c3265538a209 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/en/ente-auth/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/en/ente-auth/package.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ flutter324.buildFlutterApplication rec {
 
   pubspecLock = lib.importJSON ./pubspec.lock.json;
 
+  patches = [
+    # Disable update notifications and auto-update functionality
+    ./0001-disable-updates.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     rmdir assets/simple-icons
     ln -s ${simple-icons} assets/simple-icons