diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/syncthingtray/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/syncthingtray/default.nix
index 5d583181ce65..99404d38efee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/syncthingtray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/syncthingtray/default.nix
@@ -19,30 +19,25 @@
 , kioPluginSupport ? true
 , plasmoidSupport  ? true
 , systemdSupport ? true
+/* It is possible to set via this option an absolute exec path that will be
+written to the `~/.config/autostart/syncthingtray.desktop` file generated
+during runtime. Alternatively, one can edit the desktop file themselves after
+it is generated See:
+https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/199596#issuecomment-1310136382 */
+, autostartExecPath ? "syncthingtray"
 }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.3.1";
+  version = "1.3.2";
   pname = "syncthingtray";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Martchus";
     repo = "syncthingtray";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-0rmfDkPvgubVqfbIOZ+mnv/x1p2sb88zGeg/Q2JCy3I=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-zLZw6ltdgO66dvKdLXhr/a6r8UhbSAx06jXrgMARHyw=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix Exec= path in runtime-generated
-    # ~/.config/autostart/syncthingtray.desktop file - this is required because
-    # we are wrapping the executable. We can't use `substituteAll` because we
-    # can't use `${placeholder "out"}` because that will produce the $out of
-    # the patch derivation itself, and not of syncthing's "out" placeholder.
-    # Hence we use a C definition with NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE
-    ./use-nix-path-in-autostart.patch
-  ];
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DEXEC_NIX_PATH=\"${placeholder "out"}/bin/syncthingtray\"";
-
   buildInputs = [
     qtbase
     cpp-utilities
@@ -70,6 +65,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DAUTOSTART_EXEC_PATH=${autostartExecPath}"
     # See https://github.com/Martchus/syncthingtray/issues/42
     "-DQT_PLUGIN_DIR:STRING=${placeholder "out"}/lib/qt-5"
   ] ++ lib.optionals (!plasmoidSupport) ["-DNO_PLASMOID=ON"]
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/syncthingtray/use-nix-path-in-autostart.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/syncthingtray/use-nix-path-in-autostart.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a0907496ff9a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/syncthingtray/use-nix-path-in-autostart.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git i/widgets/settings/settingsdialog.cpp w/widgets/settings/settingsdialog.cpp
-index 4deff1f..16845b5 100644
---- i/widgets/settings/settingsdialog.cpp
-+++ w/widgets/settings/settingsdialog.cpp
-@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ bool setAutostartEnabled(bool enabled)
-         desktopFile.write("[Desktop Entry]\n"
-                           "Name=" APP_NAME "\n"
-                           "Exec=\"");
--        desktopFile.write(qEnvironmentVariable("APPIMAGE", QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath()).toUtf8().data());
-+        desktopFile.write(qEnvironmentVariable("APPIMAGE", EXEC_NIX_PATH).toUtf8().data());
-         desktopFile.write("\" qt-widgets-gui --single-instance\nComment=" APP_DESCRIPTION "\n"
-                           "Icon=" PROJECT_NAME "\n"
-                           "Type=Application\n"