diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/clightd.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/clightd.nix
index 547e7e0b6da9..632a0d5d0e80 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/clightd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/clightd.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , dbus, cmake, pkg-config
 , glib, udev, polkit, libusb1, libjpeg, libmodule
 , pcre, libXdmcp, util-linux, libpthreadstubs
@@ -9,42 +9,34 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "clightd";
-  version = "5.1";
+  version = "5.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "FedeDP";
     repo = "Clightd";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-BEGum0t+FrCTAEQwTsWeYpoIqimTAz+Bv/ZQPQ3fePY=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-bb+PQsWLf4KnbzWUY6B42yHaDQKN9dtyfwSLe8FBaWU=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Not needed by next version bump
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/FedeDP/Clightd/commit/a52a2888e3798c572dad359a017cb0d40e7c5fb7.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-nUzNBia1EvBQxinAfjyKbuldBoHLY1hfMaxgG2lKQWg=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   # dbus-1.pc has datadir=/etc
   SYSTEM_BUS_DIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share/dbus-1/system-services";
-  # systemd.pc has prefix=${systemd.out}
-  MODULE_LOAD_DIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/modules-load.d";
   # polkit-gobject-1.pc has prefix=${polkit.out}
   POLKIT_ACTION_DIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share/polkit-1/actions";
 
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "s@/etc@$out\0@" CMakeLists.txt
     sed -i "s@pkg_get_variable(SYSTEM_BUS_DIR.*@set(SYSTEM_BUS_DIR $SYSTEM_BUS_DIR)@" CMakeLists.txt
-    sed -i "s@pkg_get_variable(MODULE_LOAD_DIR.*@set(MODULE_LOAD_DIR $MODULE_LOAD_DIR)@" CMakeLists.txt
     sed -i "s@pkg_get_variable(POLKIT_ACTION_DIR.*@set(POLKIT_ACTION_DIR $POLKIT_ACTION_DIR)@" CMakeLists.txt
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = with lib;
-     optional enableDdc "-DENABLE_DDC=1"
-  ++ optional enableDpms "-DENABLE_DPMS=1"
-  ++ optional enableGamma "-DENABLE_GAMMA=1"
-  ++ optional enableScreen "-DENABLE_SCREEN=1";
+    [ "-DSYSTEMD_SERVICE_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system"
+      "-DDBUS_CONFIG_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/etc/dbus-1/system.d"
+      # systemd.pc has prefix=${systemd.out}
+      "-DMODULE_LOAD_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib/modules-load.d"
+    ] ++ optional enableDdc    "-DENABLE_DDC=1"
+      ++ optional enableDpms   "-DENABLE_DPMS=1"
+      ++ optional enableGamma  "-DENABLE_GAMMA=1"
+      ++ optional enableScreen "-DENABLE_SCREEN=1";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     dbus