diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xlayoutdisplay/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xlayoutdisplay/default.nix
index 16565296e1e..590d71b8f4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xlayoutdisplay/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xlayoutdisplay/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, xorg, boost, cmake, gtest }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, xorg, boost, gtest }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "xlayoutdisplay";
-  version = "1.1.2";
+  version = "1.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "alex-courtis";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0n3vg25gzwn1pcg6caxyyd1xf2w6n98m6jpxc70kqpxfqldxwl0m";
+    sha256 = "sha256-8K9SoZToJTk/sL4PC4Fcsu9XzGLYfNIZlbIyxc9jf84=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = with xorg; [ libX11 libXrandr libXcursor boost ];
   checkInputs = [ gtest ];
 
   doCheck = true;
+  checkTarget = "gtest";
 
-  # format security fixup
+  # Fixup reference to hardcoded boost path, dynamically link as seems fine and we don't have static for this
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace test/test-Monitors.cpp \
-      --replace 'fprintf(lidStateFile, contents);' \
-                'fputs(contents, lidStateFile);'
-
-    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace "set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)" ""
+    substituteInPlace config.mk --replace '/usr/lib/libboost_program_options.a' '-lboost_program_options'
   '';
 
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Detects and arranges linux display outputs, using XRandR for detection and xrandr for arrangement";
     homepage = "https://github.com/alex-courtis/xlayoutdisplay";