diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 3aa51ee5..5705d477 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -56,17 +56,16 @@
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
           "nixpkgs-unpatched"
-        ],
-        "patches": []
+        ]
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1,
-        "narHash": "sha256-d3XSehPFkNwvwlOYy7gch0NLxOgdXuV7j5r/Qsn7kHc=",
-        "path": "/nix/store/wq6rmmnd7yhw9w44k54w4x5v63ah1psr-source/nixpatches",
+        "narHash": "sha256-ERkw+xJQ2mZMztI8hzWjilnvHQtKHslNyuG9TXM/lCI=",
+        "path": "/nix/store/zy5rd2m4ww1wwllfq8sgwvdslganf1ks-source/nixpatches",
         "type": "path"
       },
       "original": {
-        "path": "/nix/store/wq6rmmnd7yhw9w44k54w4x5v63ah1psr-source/nixpatches",
+        "path": "/nix/store/zy5rd2m4ww1wwllfq8sgwvdslganf1ks-source/nixpatches",
         "type": "path"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index aea981c5..099fbc3b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
     nixpkgs = {
       url = "./nixpatches";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-unpatched";
-      # TODO: remove this dependency injection: it's from when we used url = path:...
-      inputs.patches.follows = "";
     };
     mobile-nixos = {
       # <https://github.com/nixos/mobile-nixos>
@@ -187,9 +185,6 @@
           description = "python environment for data processing";
         };
       };
-
-      # unofficial output; used by inputs.nixpatches
-      nixpatches = import ./nixpatches/list.nix;
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/nixpatches/flake.nix b/nixpatches/flake.nix
index 09957df6..7d27f1c2 100644
--- a/nixpatches/flake.nix
+++ b/nixpatches/flake.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 {
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs = {};
-    patches = {};
   };
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, patches }@inputs:
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }@inputs:
     let
       patchedPkgsFor = system: nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.applyPatches {
         name = "nixpkgs-patched-uninsane";
         src = nixpkgs;
-        patches = inputs.patches.nixpatches {
+        patches = import ./list.nix {
           inherit (nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}) fetchpatch;
           inherit (nixpkgs.lib) fakeHash;
         };