diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/Cargo.lock.patch b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/Cargo.lock.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 571592b1d698..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/Cargo.lock.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/Cargo.lock
-+++ b/Cargo.lock
-@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ dependencies = [
- 
- [[package]]
- name = "eww"
--version = "0.3.0"
-+version = "0.4.0"
- dependencies = [
-  "anyhow",
-  "bincode",
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/default.nix
index 4e74fcd26e77..1a728f39f8b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/default.nix
@@ -11,25 +11,25 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "eww";
-  version = "0.4.0";
+  version = "unstable-2023-06-10";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "elkowar";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-wzgWx3QxZvCAzRKLFmo/ru8hsIQsEDNeb4cPdlEyLxE=";
+    repo = "eww";
+    rev = "25e50eda46379bccd8a7887c18ee35833e0460e8";
+    hash = "sha256-8e6gHSg6FDp6nU5v89D44Tqb1lR5aQpS0lXOVqzoUS4=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-9RfYDF31wFYylhZv53PJpZofyCdMiUiH/nhRB2Ni/Is=";
-
-  cargoPatches = [ ./Cargo.lock.patch ];
+  cargoHash = "sha256-dC7yVJdR7mO0n+sxWwigM1Q4tbDv5ZuOINHHlUIPdA0=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 gdk-pixbuf ] ++ lib.optional withWayland gtk-layer-shell;
 
-  buildNoDefaultFeatures = withWayland;
-  buildFeatures = lib.optional withWayland "wayland";
+  buildNoDefaultFeatures = true;
+  buildFeatures = [
+    (if withWayland then "wayland" else "x11")
+  ];
 
   cargoBuildFlags = [ "--bin" "eww" ];