diff --git a/modules/xborders/setup.py b/modules/xborders/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a002625..0000000
--- a/modules/xborders/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup(
-    name='@pname@',
-    version='@version@',
-    author='deter0',
-    description='@desc@',
-    install_requires=['pycairo', 'requests', 'PyGObject'],
-    scripts=[
-        'xborders',
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/modules/xborders/xborders.nix b/modules/xborders/xborders.nix
index 9436697..e1997a9 100644
--- a/modules/xborders/xborders.nix
+++ b/modules/xborders/xborders.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ with pkgs; callPackage python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "deter0";
     repo = "xborder";
-    rev = "e74ae532b9555c59d195537934fa355b3fea73c5";
-    hash = "sha256-UKsseNkXest6npPqJKvKL0iBWeK+S7zynrDlyXIOmF4=";
+    rev = "8a031736c9e89a031428f33adcd42da7512d558e";
+    sha256 = "sha256-y+Cip5fcDqnJr0aI3jqJMTt6iCV0faunM+Gk6HFZ5iA=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -28,14 +28,20 @@ with pkgs; callPackage python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     pygobject3
   ];
 
-  postPatch = let
-    setup = pkgs.substituteAll {
-      src = ./setup.py;
-      desc = meta.description; # "description" is reserved 
-      inherit pname version;
-    };
-  in ''
-    ln -s ${setup} setup.py
+  preBuild = ''
+    cat >setup.py <<'EOF'
+    from setuptools import setup
+    setup(
+      name='${pname}',
+      version='${version}',
+      author='deter0',
+      description='${meta.description}',
+      install_requires=['pycairo', 'requests', 'PyGObject'],
+      scripts=[
+        'xborders',
+      ],
+    )
+    EOF
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {