diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickshell/0001-fix-unneccessary-reloads.patch b/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickshell/0001-fix-unneccessary-reloads.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d4a74b9ad5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickshell/0001-fix-unneccessary-reloads.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/core/generation.cpp b/src/core/generation.cpp
-index c68af71..4967562 100644
---- a/src/core/generation.cpp
-+++ b/src/core/generation.cpp
-@@ -172,12 +172,18 @@ void EngineGeneration::setWatchingFiles(bool watching) {
- 		if (this->watcher == nullptr) {
- 			this->watcher = new QFileSystemWatcher();
- 
-+			// note: not using canonicalFilePath() here on purpose,
-+			//       since the path could be a link to the nix store
-+			//       and the link might change
-+
- 			for (auto& file: this->scanner.scannedFiles) {
-+				if (file.startsWith("/nix/store/")) continue;
- 				this->watcher->addPath(file);
- 				this->watcher->addPath(QFileInfo(file).dir().absolutePath());
- 			}
- 
- 			for (auto& file: this->extraWatchedFiles) {
-+				if (file.startsWith("/nix/store/")) continue;
- 				this->watcher->addPath(file);
- 				this->watcher->addPath(QFileInfo(file).dir().absolutePath());
- 			}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickshell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickshell/package.nix
index 551fd36566e4..53be131726b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickshell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickshell/package.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
   cmake,
   ninja,
   spirv-tools,
+  vulkan-headers,
   qt6,
-  breakpad,
+  cpptrace,
   jemalloc,
   cli11,
   wayland,
@@ -19,10 +20,12 @@
   libgbm,
   pipewire,
   pam,
+  glib,
+  polkit,
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "quickshell";
-  version = "0.2.1";
+  version = "0.3.0";
 
   # github mirror: https://github.com/quickshell-mirror/quickshell
   src = fetchFromGitea {
@@ -30,17 +33,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "quickshell";
     repo = "quickshell";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-e++Ogy91Sv7gGLMdAqZaBzbH/UmPWZ4GAt7VDCA66aU=";
+    hash = "sha256-gU+VGpwGJ2vvg0mtYqVvj5u+2LteuHlpokH6JSAtueY=";
   };
-  patches = [
-    ./0001-fix-unneccessary-reloads.patch
-  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     ninja
     qt6.qtshadertools
     spirv-tools
+    vulkan-headers
     wayland-scanner
     qt6.wrapQtAppsHook
     pkg-config
@@ -56,16 +57,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     wayland-protocols
     libdrm
     libgbm
-    breakpad
+    cpptrace
     jemalloc
     libxcb
     pam
     pipewire
+    glib
+    polkit
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     (lib.cmakeFeature "DISTRIBUTOR" "Nixpkgs")
-    (lib.cmakeBool "DISTRIBUTOR_DEBUGINFO_AVAILABLE" true)
     (lib.cmakeFeature "INSTALL_QML_PREFIX" qt6.qtbase.qtQmlPrefix)
     (lib.cmakeFeature "GIT_REVISION" "tag-v${finalAttrs.version}")
   ];