diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/noctalia-qs/0001-fix-unneccessary-reloads.patch b/pkgs/by-name/no/noctalia-qs/0001-fix-unneccessary-reloads.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d4a74b9ad5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/noctalia-qs/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/no/noctalia-qs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/noctalia-qs/package.nix
index 1546b1cd3411..f11d123ae1ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/noctalia-qs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/no/noctalia-qs/package.nix
@@ -26,19 +26,15 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "noctalia-qs";
-  version = "0.0.10";
+  version = "0.0.12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "noctalia-dev";
     repo = "noctalia-qs";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-tscUYNjBfi52Uwu40epdAhoFztsmroKBEBvr22oCnv4=";
+    hash = "sha256-79JP2QTdvp1jg7HGxAW+xzhzhLnlKUi8yGXq9nDCeH0=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./0001-fix-unneccessary-reloads.patch
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     ninja
@@ -74,11 +70,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.cmakeBool "DISTRIBUTOR_DEBUGINFO_AVAILABLE" true)
     (lib.cmakeFeature "INSTALL_QML_PREFIX" qt6.qtbase.qtQmlPrefix)
     (lib.cmakeFeature "GIT_REVISION" "tag-v${finalAttrs.version}")
+    (lib.cmakeBool "NIX_STORE_DIR_SKIP_WATCH" true)
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "NIX_STORE_DIR" builtins.storeDir)
   ];
 
-  cmakeBuildType = "RelWithDebInfo";
-  separateDebugInfo = true;
-  dontStrip = false;
+  cmakeBuildType = "Release";
 
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };