diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
index 97e3febc7b94..6479760a743e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/idle.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swayidle";
-  version = "1.7.1";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "swayidle";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "06iq12p4438d6bv3jlqsf01wjaxrzlnj1bnicn41kad563aq41xl";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/U6Y9H5ZqIJph3TZVcwr9+Qfd6NZNYComXuC1D9uGHg=";
   };
 
   strictDeps = true;
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   mesonFlags = [ "-Dman-pages=enabled" "-Dlogind=${if systemdSupport then "enabled" else "disabled"}" ];
 
-  # Remove the `%zu` patch for the next release after 1.7.1.
-  # https://github.com/swaywm/swayidle/commit/e81d40fca7533f73319e76e42fa9694b21cc9e6e
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace main.c \
-      --replace '%lu' '%zu' \
       --replace '"sh"' '"${runtimeShell}"'
   '';