diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
index 6fb149c7fb6f..215cc6a4560b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   binutils,
   cairo,
   epoll-shim,
-  git,
   glaze,
   hyprcursor,
   hyprgraphics,
@@ -104,17 +103,22 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postPatch = ''
     # Fix hardcoded paths to /usr installation
-    sed -i "s#/usr#$out#" src/render/OpenGL.cpp
+    substituteInPlace src/render/OpenGL.cpp \
+      --replace-fail /usr $out
 
     # Remove extra @PREFIX@ to fix pkg-config paths
-    sed -i "s#@PREFIX@/##g" hyprland.pc.in
-    sed -i "s#@PREFIX@/##g" example/hyprland.desktop.in
+    substituteInPlace hyprland.pc.in \
+      --replace-fail  @PREFIX@ ""
+    substituteInPlace example/hyprland.desktop.in \
+      --replace-fail  @PREFIX@ ""
   '';
 
   # variables used by CMake, and shown in `hyprctl version`
   env = {
     GIT_BRANCH = info.branch;
-    GIT_COMMITS = info.commit_hash;
+    # The amount of commits altogether. Not really worth getting that info from
+    # GitHub's API, so we set a dummy value.
+    GIT_COMMITS = "-1";
     GIT_COMMIT_DATE = info.date;
     GIT_DIRTY = "clean";
     GIT_COMMIT_HASH = info.commit_hash;
@@ -152,7 +156,6 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       aquamarine
       cairo
       glaze
-      git
       hyprcursor.dev
       hyprgraphics
       hyprlang