diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings-daemon/default.nix
index 5f7ad87d83c..9eb2d743d8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings-daemon/default.nix
@@ -32,18 +32,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cinnamon-settings-daemon";
-  version = "5.6.2";
+  version = "5.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "linuxmint";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-IqYfHMjKe7gVsM6HgihQMNkcXSYBOft1lamXOLa1Y8k=";
+    hash = "sha256-2ObfUdrCuvyhtpoxNzoH8tsFQLxNkMLQPFfJajXEsXU=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     ./csd-backlight-helper-fix.patch
-    ./use-sane-install-dir.patch
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings-daemon/use-sane-install-dir.patch b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings-daemon/use-sane-install-dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d980431f81b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings-daemon/use-sane-install-dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From be57c01e6595a8e08ecc17de298e30640b532f11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Maciej=20Kr=C3=BCger?= <mkg20001@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 13:55:03 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] use sane install-dir
-
----
- meson.build | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 0e11d50..54f4637 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ subdir('cinnamon-settings-daemon')
- subdir('plugins')
- 
- install_subdir(
--    'files',
--    install_dir: '/',
-+    'files/usr',
-+    install_dir: get_option('prefix'),
-     strip_directory: true,
- )
- 
--- 
-2.30.0
-