diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/reaper/updater.sh b/pkgs/applications/audio/reaper/updater.sh
index 31832f7173c6..ef070c38aa22 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/reaper/updater.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/reaper/updater.sh
@@ -9,18 +9,14 @@ function set_hash_for_linux() {
   local arch=$1
   pkg_hash=$(nix-prefetch-url https://www.reaper.fm/files/${reaper_ver%.*}.x/reaper${reaper_ver/./}_linux_$arch.tar.xz)
   pkg_hash=$(nix hash to-sri "sha256:$pkg_hash")
-  # reset the version so the second architecture update doesn't get ignored
-  update-source-version reaper 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" --system=$arch-linux
-  update-source-version reaper "${reaper_ver}" "$pkg_hash" --system=$arch-linux
+  update-source-version reaper "${reaper_ver}" "$pkg_hash" --system=$arch-linux --ignore-same-version
 }
 
 function set_hash_for_darwin() {
   local arch=$1
   pkg_hash=$(nix-prefetch-url https://www.reaper.fm/files/${reaper_ver%.*}.x/reaper${reaper_ver/./}_universal.dmg)
   pkg_hash=$(nix hash to-sri "sha256:$pkg_hash")
-  # reset the version so the second architecture update doesn't get ignored
-  update-source-version reaper 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" --system=$arch-darwin
-  update-source-version reaper "${reaper_ver}" "$pkg_hash" --system=$arch-darwin
+  update-source-version reaper "${reaper_ver}" "$pkg_hash" --system=$arch-darwin --ignore-same-version
 }
 
 set_hash_for_linux aarch64
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
index 14105d71a448..db6a2fa5639f 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ git -C $repo verify-tag v${version}
 rm -rf $repo/.git
 hash=$(nix hash path $repo)
 
-(cd "$nixpkgs" && update-source-version electrs "$version" "$hash")
-sed -i 's|cargoHash = .*|cargoHash = "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=";|' "$scriptDir/default.nix"
+(cd "$nixpkgs" && update-source-version electrs "$version" "$hash" && update-source-version electrs --ignore-same-version --source-key=cargoDeps)
 echo
 echo "electrs: $oldVersion -> $version"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/update.sh
index b7e344cda844..f27be08299b2 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/teos/update.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ git -C "$repo" checkout "tags/v${version}"
 rm -rf "${repo}/.git"
 hashcheck=$(nix hash path "$repo")
 
-(cd "$nixpkgs" && update-source-version teos "$version" "$hashcheck")
-sed -i 's|cargoHash = .*|cargoHash = "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=";|' "${scriptDir}/default.nix"
+(cd "$nixpkgs" && update-source-version teos "$version" "$hashcheck" && update-source-version teos --ignore-same-version --source-key=cargoDeps)
 echo
 echo "rust-teos: $oldVersion -> $version"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/4/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/4/common.nix
index f8083902fdde..952194e0260c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/4/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/4/common.nix
@@ -192,10 +192,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
           fi
 
           for platform in ${lib.escapeShellArgs meta.platforms}; do
-              # The script will not perform an update when the version attribute is up to date from previous platform run
-              # We need to clear it before each run
-              update-source-version "${packageAttribute}.${primaryBinary}" 0 "${lib.fakeSha256}" --file="$versionFile" --version-key=buildVersion --source-key="sources.$platform"
-              update-source-version "${packageAttribute}.${primaryBinary}" "$latestVersion" --file="$versionFile" --version-key=buildVersion --source-key="sources.$platform"
+              update-source-version "${packageAttribute}.${primaryBinary}" "$latestVersion" --ignore-same-version --file="$versionFile" --version-key=buildVersion --source-key="sources.$platform"
           done
         '';
       in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rescuetime/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rescuetime/default.nix
index 22a1964e466d..615fa2c10fae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rescuetime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rescuetime/default.nix
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ in mkDerivation rec {
     latestVersion="$(curl -sS https://www.rescuetime.com/release-notes/linux | pup '.release:first-of-type h2 strong text{}' | tr -d '\n')"
 
     for platform in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " meta.platforms}; do
-      # The script will not perform an update when the version attribute is up to date from previous platform run
-      # We need to clear it before each run
-      update-source-version ${pname} 0 $(yes 0 | head -64 | tr -d "\n") --system=$platform
-      update-source-version ${pname} "$latestVersion" --system=$platform
+      update-source-version ${pname} "$latestVersion" --system=$platform --ignore-same-version
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/bin.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/bin.nix
index 4e648d00919f..4637385613eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/bin.nix
@@ -184,10 +184,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       )"
 
       for variant in gtk3 gtk2; do
-        # The script will not perform an update when the version attribute is up to date from previous platform run
-        # We need to clear it before each run
-        update-source-version palemoon-bin 0 "${lib.fakeHash}" --source-key="sources.$variant"
-        update-source-version palemoon-bin "$version" --source-key="sources.$variant"
+        update-source-version palemoon-bin "$version" --ignore-same-version --source-key="sources.$variant"
       done
     '';
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser/update.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser/update.nix
index 4edb644d59f9..04b69d8ce208 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser/update.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser/update.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ in writeShellScript "update-${pname}" ''
     sha256=$(grep "${name}-$arch-$version.tar.xz" "$HOME/shasums" | cut -d" " -f1)
     hash=$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 "$sha256")
 
-    update-source-version "${pname}" "0" "sha256-${lib.fakeSha256}" --source-key="sources.$platform"
-    update-source-version "${pname}" "$version" "$hash" --source-key="sources.$platform"
+    update-source-version "${pname}" "$version" "$hash" --ignore-same-version --source-key="sources.$platform"
   done
 ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/update-vivaldi.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/update-vivaldi.sh
index 6e1d68f13994..994257889ee6 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/update-vivaldi.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/vivaldi/update-vivaldi.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ version=$(curl -sS https://vivaldi.com/download/ | sed -rne 's/.*vivaldi-stable_
 update_hash() {
     url="https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/vivaldi-stable_$version-1_$2.deb"
     hash=$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 $(nix-prefetch-url --type sha256 "$url"))
-    update-source-version vivaldi 0 sha256-BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB= --system=$1
-    update-source-version vivaldi "$version" "$hash" --system=$1
+    update-source-version vivaldi "$version" "$hash" --system=$1 --ignore-same-version
 }
 
 update_hash aarch64-linux arm64
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/feishu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/feishu/default.nix
index 48a6ba12d182..def3a487d9b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/feishu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/feishu/default.nix
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         new_version=$(echo $package_info | jq -r '.data.version_number' | sed -n 's/.*@V//p')
         sha256_hash=$(nix-prefetch-url $update_link)
         sri_hash=$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 $sha256_hash)
-        update-source-version feishu 0 ${lib.fakeSha256} --system=$platform --source-key="sources.$platform"
-        update-source-version feishu $new_version $sri_hash $update_link --system=$platform --source-key="sources.$platform"
+        update-source-version feishu $new_version $sri_hash $update_link --system=$platform --ignore-same-version --source-key="sources.$platform"
       done
     '';
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/darwin/default.nix
index a8060a183d9c..c81d08d31d98 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/darwin/default.nix
@@ -63,11 +63,8 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
         #!nix-shell -i bash --argstr aarch64Url ${aarch64Url} --argstr x86_64Url ${x86_64Url} --argstr version ${version} ${updateNix}
         set -eou pipefail
 
-        # reset version first so that both platforms are always updated and in sync
-        update-source-version libreoffice-bin 0 ${lib.fakeSha256} --file=${defaultNixFile} --system=aarch64-darwin
-        update-source-version libreoffice-bin $newVersion $newAarch64Sha256 --file=${defaultNixFile} --system=aarch64-darwin
-        update-source-version libreoffice-bin 0 ${lib.fakeSha256} --file=${defaultNixFile} --system=x86_64-darwin
-        update-source-version libreoffice-bin $newVersion $newX86_64Sha256 --file=${defaultNixFile} --system=x86_64-darwin
+        update-source-version libreoffice-bin $newVersion $newAarch64Sha256 --file=${defaultNixFile} --system=aarch64-darwin --ignore-same-version
+        update-source-version libreoffice-bin $newVersion $newX86_64Sha256 --file=${defaultNixFile} --system=x86_64-darwin --ignore-same-version
       '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/common.nix
index 811bed7694c1..df5e36228290 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sublime-merge/common.nix
@@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
           fi
 
           for platform in ${lib.escapeShellArgs meta.platforms}; do
-              # The script will not perform an update when the version attribute is up to date from previous platform run
-              # We need to clear it before each run
-              update-source-version "${packageAttribute}.${primaryBinary}" 0 "${lib.fakeSha256}" --file="$versionFile" --version-key=buildVersion --source-key="sources.$platform"
-              update-source-version "${packageAttribute}.${primaryBinary}" "$latestVersion" --file="$versionFile" --version-key=buildVersion --source-key="sources.$platform"
+              update-source-version "${packageAttribute}.${primaryBinary}" "$latestVersion" --ignore-same-version --file="$versionFile" --version-key=buildVersion --source-key="sources.$platform"
           done
         '';
       in
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lima/bin.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lima/bin.nix
index 952ec6304e29..7f0f195e07ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lima/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lima/bin.nix
@@ -92,14 +92,10 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
       X86_64_LINUX_SHA256=$(cat SHA256SUMS | awk '/Linux-x86_64/{print $1}')
 
       # reset version first so that all platforms are always updated and in sync
-      update-source-version lima-bin 0 ${lib.fakeSha256} --file=${lima-bin} --system=aarch64-darwin
-      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $AARCH64_DARWIN_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --system=aarch64-darwin
-      update-source-version lima-bin 0 ${lib.fakeSha256} --file=${lima-bin} --system=x86_64-darwin
-      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $X86_64_DARWIN_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --system=x86_64-darwin
-      update-source-version lima-bin 0 ${lib.fakeSha256} --file=${lima-bin} --system=aarch64-linux
-      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $AARCH64_LINUX_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --system=aarch64-linux
-      update-source-version lima-bin 0 ${lib.fakeSha256} --file=${lima-bin} --system=x86_64-linux
-      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $X86_64_LINUX_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --system=x86_64-linux
+      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $AARCH64_DARWIN_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --ignore-same-version --system=aarch64-darwin
+      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $X86_64_DARWIN_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --ignore-same-version --system=x86_64-darwin
+      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $AARCH64_LINUX_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --ignore-same-version --system=aarch64-linux
+      update-source-version lima-bin $LATEST_VERSION $X86_64_LINUX_SHA256 --file=${lima-bin} --ignore-same-version --system=x86_64-linux
       rm SHA256SUMS
     '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/db/dbeaver-bin/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/db/dbeaver-bin/update.sh
index ad09144f9a4b..ad8461e5a2eb 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/db/dbeaver-bin/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/db/dbeaver-bin/update.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ do
     prefetch=$(nix-prefetch-url "https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver/releases/download/$latestVersion/dbeaver-ce-$latestVersion-$2")
     hash=$(nix-hash --type sha256 --to-sri $prefetch)
 
-    update-source-version dbeaver-bin 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=" --system=$1
-    update-source-version dbeaver-bin $latestVersion $hash --system=$1
+    update-source-version dbeaver-bin $latestVersion $hash --system=$1 --ignore-same-version
 done
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmic/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmic/package.nix
index 73906fa30db4..2afb1f4d40e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmic/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmic/package.nix
@@ -99,11 +99,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       fi
 
       for component in src gmic_stdlib; do
-          # The script will not perform an update when the version attribute is
-          # up to date from previous platform run; we need to clear it before
-          # each run
-          update-source-version "--source-key=$component" "gmic" 0 "${lib.fakeHash}"
-          update-source-version "--source-key=$component" "gmic" $latestVersion
+          update-source-version "--source-key=$component" "gmic" $latestVersion --ignore-same-version
       done
     '';
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sk/sketchybar-app-font/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sk/sketchybar-app-font/package.nix
index d64cef79acf5..286e00d231c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sk/sketchybar-app-font/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sk/sketchybar-app-font/package.nix
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ lib.checkListOfEnum "sketchybar-app-font: artifacts" artifacts artifactList
             exit 0
         fi
         for artifact in ${lib.escapeShellArgs (lib.mapAttrsToList(a: _: a) finalAttrs.passthru.sources)}; do
-          update-source-version "sketchybar-app-font" "0" "${lib.fakeHash}" --source-key="sources.$artifact"
-          update-source-version "sketchybar-app-font" "$NEW_VERSION" --source-key="sources.$artifact"
+          update-source-version "sketchybar-app-font" "$NEW_VERSION" --ignore-same-version --source-key="sources.$artifact"
         done
       '';
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yabai/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yabai/package.nix
index 6bdf50c25a9b..e3734610ad06 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yabai/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yabai/package.nix
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
           exit 0
       fi
       for platform in ${lib.escapeShellArgs finalAttrs.meta.platforms}; do
-        update-source-version "yabai" "0" "${lib.fakeHash}" --source-key="sources.$platform"
-        update-source-version "yabai" "$NEW_VERSION" --source-key="sources.$platform"
+        update-source-version "yabai" "$NEW_VERSION" --ignore-same-version --source-key="sources.$platform"
       done
     '';
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librsvg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librsvg/default.nix
index a682b39bbcd8..866a66f115b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librsvg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librsvg/default.nix
@@ -184,14 +184,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
                 jq
                 nix
               ]}
-              # update-source-version does not allow updating to the same version so we need to clear it temporarily.
-              # Get the current version so that we can restore it later.
-              latestVersion=$(nix-instantiate --eval -A librsvg.version | jq --raw-output)
-              # Clear the version. Provide hash so that we do not need to do pointless TOFU.
-              # Needs to be a fake SRI hash that is non-zero, since u-s-v uses zero as a placeholder.
-              # Also cannot be here verbatim or u-s-v would be confused what to replace.
-              update-source-version librsvg 0 "sha256-${lib.fixedWidthString 44 "B" "="}" --source-key=cargoDeps > /dev/null
-              update-source-version librsvg "$latestVersion" --source-key=cargoDeps > /dev/null
+              update-source-version librsvg --ignore-same-version --source-key=cargoDeps > /dev/null
             ''
           ];
           # Experimental feature: do not copy!
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/relay/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/relay/default.nix
index 3120607482c7..56d826cb4b94 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/relay/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/relay/default.nix
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       fi
 
       for source in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (builtins.attrNames finalAttrs.passthru.updateables)}; do
-        update-source-version "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.updateables.$source" "0" "sha256-${lib.fakeSha256}"
-        update-source-version "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.updateables.$source" "$NEW_VERSION"
+        update-source-version "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.updateables.$source" "$NEW_VERSION" --ignore-same-version
       done
     '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/blackfire/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/blackfire/default.nix
index eacae2aed8f7..568af01cf4ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/blackfire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/blackfire/default.nix
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       fi
 
       for platform in ${lib.escapeShellArgs meta.platforms}; do
-        update-source-version "blackfire" "0" "${lib.fakeSha256}" --source-key="sources.$platform"
-        update-source-version "blackfire" "$NEW_VERSION" --source-key="sources.$platform"
+        update-source-version "blackfire" "$NEW_VERSION" --ignore-same-version --source-key="sources.$platform"
       done
     '';
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/blackfire/php-probe.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/blackfire/php-probe.nix
index 0bfae8d3a368..c30dde82aaa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/blackfire/php-probe.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/blackfire/php-probe.nix
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       fi
 
       for source in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (builtins.attrNames finalAttrs.passthru.updateables)}; do
-        update-source-version "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.updateables.$source" "0" "sha256-${lib.fakeSha256}"
-        update-source-version "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.updateables.$source" "$NEW_VERSION"
+        update-source-version "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.updateables.$source" "$NEW_VERSION" --ignore-same-version
       done
     '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/sauce-connect/update.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/sauce-connect/update.sh
index d74cbe577b3c..1c6f10b33046 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/sauce-connect/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/sauce-connect/update.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ all_versions=$(jq --exit-status --raw-output \
     <<< "$response")
 latest_version=$(sort --version-sort <<< "$all_versions" | tail -n 1)
 for platform in x86_64-linux x86_64-darwin; do
-    update-source-version sauce-connect 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=" \
-        --source-key="passthru.sources.$platform"
     update-source-version sauce-connect "$latest_version" \
+        --ignore-same-version \
         --source-key="passthru.sources.$platform"
 done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/bun/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/bun/default.nix
index 019ed6641101..9b0a1f3a9bd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/bun/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/bun/default.nix
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
           exit 0
       fi
       for platform in ${lib.escapeShellArgs meta.platforms}; do
-        update-source-version "bun" "0" "${lib.fakeHash}" --source-key="sources.$platform"
-        update-source-version "bun" "$NEW_VERSION" --source-key="sources.$platform"
+        update-source-version "bun" "$NEW_VERSION" --ignore-same-version --source-key="sources.$platform"
       done
     '';
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/plex/raw.nix b/pkgs/servers/plex/raw.nix
index 54ffa4e42655..0a3d243d0a20 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/plex/raw.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/plex/raw.nix
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
       latestSha="$(nix-prefetch-url $dlUrl)"
 
-      # The script will not perform an update when the version attribute is up to date from previous platform run
-      # We need to clear it before each run
-      update-source-version plexRaw 0 $(yes 0 | head -64 | tr -d "\n") --system=$platform
-      update-source-version plexRaw "$latestVersion" "$latestSha" --system=$platform
+      update-source-version plexRaw "$latestVersion" "$latestSha" --system=$platform --ignore-same-version
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/powershell/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/powershell/default.nix
index a779534c2d63..4c8d60b679ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/powershell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/powershell/default.nix
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       fi
 
       for platform in ${lib.escapeShellArgs meta.platforms}; do
-        update-source-version "powershell" "0" "${lib.fakeHash}" --source-key="sources.$platform"
-        update-source-version "powershell" "$NEW_VERSION" --source-key="sources.$platform"
+        update-source-version "powershell" "$NEW_VERSION" --ignore-same-version --source-key="sources.$platform"
       done
     '';
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/archi/update.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/archi/update.sh
index 07d488637945..d405a188d3d0 100755
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/archi/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/archi/update.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ do
     prefetch=$(nix-prefetch-url https://www.archimatetool.com/downloads/archi/$latestVersion/$2)
     hash=$(nix-hash --type sha256 --to-sri $prefetch)
 
-    update-source-version archi 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=" --system=$1
-    update-source-version archi $latestVersion $hash --system=$1
+    update-source-version archi $latestVersion $hash --system=$1 --ignore-same-version
 done
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/video/recyclarr/update.sh b/pkgs/tools/video/recyclarr/update.sh
index 83942439cc28..c9e5d5731992 100755
--- a/pkgs/tools/video/recyclarr/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/video/recyclarr/update.sh
@@ -24,23 +24,8 @@ function get_hash() {
     nix hash to-sri "sha256:$pkg_hash"
 }
 
-# aarch64-darwin
-# reset version first so that all platforms are always updated and in sync
-update-source-version recyclarr 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=" --system="aarch64-darwin"
-update-source-version recyclarr "$latestVersion" $(get_hash osx arm64 "$latestVersion") --system="aarch64-darwin"
-
-# x86_64-darwin
-# reset version first so that all platforms are always updated and in sync
-update-source-version recyclarr 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=" --system="x86_64-darwin"
-update-source-version recyclarr "$latestVersion" $(get_hash osx x64 "$latestVersion") --system="x86_64-darwin"
-
-# aarch64-linux
-# reset version first so that all platforms are always updated and in sync
-update-source-version recyclarr 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=" --system="aarch64-linux"
-update-source-version recyclarr "$latestVersion" $(get_hash linux arm64 "$latestVersion") --system="aarch64-linux"
-
-# x86_64-linux
-# reset version first so that all platforms are always updated and in sync
-update-source-version recyclarr 0 "sha256-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=" --system="x86_64-linux"
-update-source-version recyclarr "$latestVersion" $(get_hash linux x64 "$latestVersion") --system="x86_64-linux"
+update-source-version recyclarr "$latestVersion" $(get_hash osx arm64 "$latestVersion") --system="aarch64-darwin" --ignore-same-version
+update-source-version recyclarr "$latestVersion" $(get_hash osx x64 "$latestVersion") --system="x86_64-darwin" --ignore-same-version
+update-source-version recyclarr "$latestVersion" $(get_hash linux arm64 "$latestVersion") --system="aarch64-linux" --ignore-same-version
+update-source-version recyclarr "$latestVersion" $(get_hash linux x64 "$latestVersion") --system="x86_64-linux" --ignore-same-version