diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeitgeist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeitgeist/default.nix
index de1953622e93..d5e058ef726e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeitgeist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeitgeist/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ stdenv
+, lib
 , fetchFromGitLab
-, fetchpatch
 , pkg-config
 , glib
 , sqlite
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zeitgeist";
-  version = "1.0.3";
+  version = "1.0.4";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "man" ] ++ lib.optional pythonSupport "py";
 
@@ -29,17 +29,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0y6fyzxl5np4yskcxibd0p03h619w9ir907nhf40h02y0pk1kgkp";
+    sha256 = "kG1N8DXgjYAJ8fbrGHsp7eTqB20H5smzRnW0PSRUYR0=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix build with Vala 0.52
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/zeitgeist/zeitgeist/commit/64ac3a6f94cd299e5e14945dc31b48f009dec152.patch";
-      sha256 = "Dw1kNE3JoFdmgcQ0eFoFLYvmxlPjXNj56Jkn2meINz4=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoconf
     automake