diff --git a/nixpatches/list.nix b/nixpatches/list.nix
index af2a88b5f..b2fe07d51 100644
--- a/nixpatches/list.nix
+++ b/nixpatches/list.nix
@@ -277,37 +277,42 @@ in [
   #   hash = "sha256-MNG8C0OgdPnFQ8SF2loiEhXJuP2z4n9pkXr8Zh4X7QU=";
   # })
 
-  # 2023-08-06: conky wayland + cross compilation patches.
+  (fetchpatch' {
+    title = "conky: enable Wayland support and cross compilation";
+    prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/278071";
+    hash = "sha256-e6o+Vjd3KCI9dFj0TdAWyyqfreX8cf0RfYGdyvebYC0=";
+  })
+  # 2023-08-06: OLD conky wayland + cross compilation patches.
   # nix path-info shows clean
   # branch is wip-conky-cross2 on servo
   # factoring out those feature abstractions was possibly overkill.
   # the manual wayland-scanner patching is unfortunate, but within
   #   acceptable norms of the existing package.
-  (fetchpatch' {
-    title = "conky: factor out an abstraction for feature flags";
-    saneCommit = "3ddf13038d6df90ad0db36a41d55e4077818a3e9";
-    hash = "sha256-CjLzndFEH1Ng9CqKX8gxCJ6n/wFv5U/sHnQE0FMYILc=";
-  })
-  (fetchpatch' {
-    title = "conky: simplify the features even more";
-    saneCommit = "1c4aa404743f1ae7d5b95f18a96c4057ca251a96";
-    hash = "sha256-0zhiw9siIkFgFW4sow+X88NBEa3ggCe1t1HJ5xFH4ac=";
-  })
-  (fetchpatch' {
-    title = "conky: support cross compilation";
-    saneCommit = "01e607e11c7e5bbbfe6ad132fb72394ec29dab0a";
-    hash = "sha256-Bm/XFLvE7gEyLPlBWNSAcU3qwwqKLIRdpoe0/1aHUho=";
-  })
-  (fetchpatch' {
-    title = "conky: add wayland support";
-    saneCommit = "84c51f67e02ebc7f118fd3171bd10f1978d4f1e6";
-    hash = "sha256-gRYbkzCe3q1R7X/FeOcz/haURQkeAfmED1/ZQlCCdWE=";
-  })
-  (fetchpatch' {
-    title = "conky: remove no-op sed patch";
-    saneCommit = "e8b19984a2858ca24b7e8f5acd20be8b7dfe1af0";
-    hash = "sha256-K3mG1kcyB7sQZ7ZRCdlinNsV6mCcl3eIUI2ldSmcbJE=";
-  })
+  # (fetchpatch' {
+  #   title = "conky: factor out an abstraction for feature flags";
+  #   saneCommit = "3ddf13038d6df90ad0db36a41d55e4077818a3e9";
+  #   hash = "sha256-CjLzndFEH1Ng9CqKX8gxCJ6n/wFv5U/sHnQE0FMYILc=";
+  # })
+  # (fetchpatch' {
+  #   title = "conky: simplify the features even more";
+  #   saneCommit = "1c4aa404743f1ae7d5b95f18a96c4057ca251a96";
+  #   hash = "sha256-0zhiw9siIkFgFW4sow+X88NBEa3ggCe1t1HJ5xFH4ac=";
+  # })
+  # (fetchpatch' {
+  #   title = "conky: support cross compilation";
+  #   saneCommit = "01e607e11c7e5bbbfe6ad132fb72394ec29dab0a";
+  #   hash = "sha256-Bm/XFLvE7gEyLPlBWNSAcU3qwwqKLIRdpoe0/1aHUho=";
+  # })
+  # (fetchpatch' {
+  #   title = "conky: add wayland support";
+  #   saneCommit = "84c51f67e02ebc7f118fd3171bd10f1978d4f1e6";
+  #   hash = "sha256-gRYbkzCe3q1R7X/FeOcz/haURQkeAfmED1/ZQlCCdWE=";
+  # })
+  # (fetchpatch' {
+  #   title = "conky: remove no-op sed patch";
+  #   saneCommit = "e8b19984a2858ca24b7e8f5acd20be8b7dfe1af0";
+  #   hash = "sha256-K3mG1kcyB7sQZ7ZRCdlinNsV6mCcl3eIUI2ldSmcbJE=";
+  # })
 
   # (fetchpatch' {
   #   title = "hare-json: init at unstable-2023-02-25";