diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare-signal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare-signal/package.nix
index 75428e666767..1bc4d62518e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare-signal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flare-signal/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
   gst_all_1,
+  openssl,
   protobuf,
   libspelling,
   libsecret,
@@ -16,57 +17,28 @@
   gtksourceview5,
   rustPlatform,
   rustc,
-  yq,
   appstream,
   blueprint-compiler,
   desktop-file-utils,
   wrapGAppsHook4,
 }:
 
-let
-  presage = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "whisperfish";
-    repo = "presage";
-    # match with commit from Cargo.toml
-    rev = "559591c0e5886f101d3c25c27d8010214e9ea0c3";
-    hash = "sha256-WEWVhG/azf9BjLLzTEys+JGWbd+FzIDHm9QeWAeMLGA=";
-  };
-in
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "flare";
-  # NOTE: also update presage commit
-  version = "0.17.3";
+  version = "0.17.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.com";
     owner = "schmiddi-on-mobile";
     repo = "flare";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-W26RR4BmGeXL6AoWMkf9BmU3nLY4rTnVf2OJPWKmKYc=";
+    hash = "sha256-GW7v5ZsVPqQ+hZLOB0A/wVbOQHA9OgGCfeSONCNPKhk=";
   };
 
-  cargoDeps =
-    let
-      cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
-        inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
-        hash = "sha256-bpafm+yyHNAoHVAgzc3BgM3+Jm7L+2gdoOdRSJ05iTE=";
-      };
-    in
-    # Replace with simpler solution:
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/432651#discussion_r2312796706
-    # depending on sqlx release and update in flare-signal
-    runCommand "${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}-vendor-patched" { inherit cargoDeps; }
-      # https://github.com/flathub/de.schmidhuberj.Flare/commit/b1352087beaf299569c798bc69e31660712853db
-      # bash
-      ''
-        mkdir $out
-        find $cargoDeps -maxdepth 1 -exec sh -c "ln -s {} $out/\$(basename {})" \;
-        rm $out/presage-store-sqlite-*
-        cp -r $cargoDeps/presage-store-sqlite-* $out
-        chmod +w $out/presage-store-sqlite-*
-        ln -s ${presage}/.sqlx $out/presage-store-sqlite-*
-      '';
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
+    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
+    hash = "sha256-CGgoHL6dDovBe1W04A8fOH5EnkqezPuiO8f7/ZCgjAM=";
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     appstream # for appstream-util
@@ -79,30 +51,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
     cargo
     rustc
-    # yq contains tomlq
-    yq
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    cargoPresageRev="$(tomlq -r '.dependencies.presage.rev' Cargo.toml)"
-    actualPresageRev="${presage.rev}"
-    if [ "$cargoPresageRev" != "$actualPresageRev" ]; then
-      echo ""
-      echo "fetchFromGitHub presage revision does not match revision specified in Cargo.toml"
-      echo "consider replacing fetchFromGitHub's revision with revision specified in Cargo.toml"
-      echo ""
-      echo "  fetchFromGitHub = ''${actualPresageRev}"
-      echo "  Cargo.toml = ''${cargoPresageRev}"
-      echo ""
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  '';
-
   buildInputs = [
     gtksourceview5
     libadwaita
     libsecret
     libspelling
+    openssl
     protobuf
 
     # To reproduce audio messages