diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/0003-Search-PATH-for-aria2c-on-darwin.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/0003-Search-PATH-for-aria2c-on-darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 505961d1ce6b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/0003-Search-PATH-for-aria2c-on-darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
- persepolis/scripts/download.py | 10 +---------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/persepolis/scripts/download.py b/persepolis/scripts/download.py
-index aaabb35..69676d3 100644
---- a/persepolis/scripts/download.py
-+++ b/persepolis/scripts/download.py
-@@ -72,16 +72,8 @@ def startAria():
- 
-     # in macintosh
-     elif os_type == OS.OSX:
--        if aria2_path == "" or aria2_path == None or os.path.isfile(str(aria2_path)) == False:
--
--            cwd = sys.argv[0]
--            current_directory = os.path.dirname(cwd)
--            aria2d = os.path.join(current_directory, 'aria2c')
- 
--        else:
--            aria2d = aria2_path
--
--        subprocess.Popen([aria2d, '--no-conf',
-+        subprocess.Popen(['aria2c', '--no-conf',
-                           '--enable-rpc', '--rpc-listen-port=' + str(port),
-                           '--rpc-max-request-size=2M',
-                           '--rpc-listen-all', '--quiet=true'],
--- 
-2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
-
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/0004-Search-PATH-for-ffmpeg-on-darwin.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/0004-Search-PATH-for-ffmpeg-on-darwin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 800f7bddd408..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/0004-Search-PATH-for-ffmpeg-on-darwin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
----
- persepolis/scripts/mainwindow.py   | 2 +-
- persepolis/scripts/useful_tools.py | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/persepolis/scripts/mainwindow.py b/persepolis/scripts/mainwindow.py
-index d21f3f4..a0e3674 100644
---- a/persepolis/scripts/mainwindow.py
-+++ b/persepolis/scripts/mainwindow.py
-@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class CheckVersionsThread(QThread):
- 
-             else:
-                 pipe = subprocess.Popen(
--                    [ffmpeg_path, '-version'],
-+                    ['ffmpeg', '-version'],
-                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                     stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                     stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-diff --git a/persepolis/scripts/useful_tools.py b/persepolis/scripts/useful_tools.py
-index b780967..31733eb 100644
---- a/persepolis/scripts/useful_tools.py
-+++ b/persepolis/scripts/useful_tools.py
-@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def muxer(parent, video_finder_dictionary):
-                 current_directory = os.path.dirname(cwd)
-                 ffmpeg_path = os.path.join(current_directory, 'ffmpeg')
- 
--                pipe = subprocess.Popen([ffmpeg_path, '-i', video_file_path,
-+                pipe = subprocess.Popen(['ffmpeg', '-i', video_file_path,
-                                          '-i', audio_file_path,
-                                          '-c', 'copy',
-                                          '-shortest',
--- 
-2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
-
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/package.nix
index 105af13a299e..b16e08a3f564 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pe/persepolis/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , qt5
 , python3
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, aria2
 , ffmpeg
 , libnotify
 , pulseaudio
@@ -14,47 +13,34 @@
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "persepolis";
-  version = "4.0.1";
+  version = "5.0.1";
   format = "other";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "persepolisdm";
     repo = "persepolis";
-    rev = "57dc9d438bb3f126070a17c7a3677c45ea4dd332";
-    hash = "sha256-7OXAITFQJ2/aY0QmqlAo7if7cY7+T3j6PUjfJJV8Z2Q=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ffEXPkpHGwvVzUxO6sjAEKYbxRod7o8f7DWR5AN+SkA=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Upstream does currently not allow building from source on macOS. These patches can likely
-    # be removed if https://github.com/persepolisdm/persepolis/issues/943 is fixed upstream
-    ./0003-Search-PATH-for-aria2c-on-darwin.patch
-    ./0004-Search-PATH-for-ffmpeg-on-darwin.patch
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     # Ensure dependencies with hard-coded FHS dependencies are properly detected
     substituteInPlace check_dependencies.py --replace-fail "isdir(notifications_path)" "isdir('${sound-theme-freedesktop}/share/sounds/freedesktop')"
   '';
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/applications
-    cp $src/xdg/com.github.persepolisdm.persepolis.desktop $out/share/applications
-  '';
-
   # prevent double wrapping
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config qt5.wrapQtAppsHook ];
 
   # feed args to wrapPythonApp
   makeWrapperArgs = [
-    "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ aria2 ffmpeg libnotify ]}"
+    "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ ffmpeg libnotify ]}"
     "\${qtWrapperArgs[@]}"
   ];
 
   # The presence of these dependencies is checked during setuptoolsCheckPhase,
   # but apart from that, they're not required during build, only runtime
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    aria2
     libnotify
     pulseaudio
     sound-theme-freedesktop
@@ -74,7 +60,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ]);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "GUI for aria2";
+    description = "Download manager GUI written in Python";
     mainProgram = "persepolis";
     homepage = "https://persepolisdm.github.io/";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;