diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/splatmoji.nix b/hosts/common/programs/splatmoji.nix
index e4bc2bf47..6387122fc 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/splatmoji.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/splatmoji.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 {
   sane.programs.splatmoji = {
     packageUnwrapped = pkgs.splatmoji.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
+      nativeBuildInputs = (upstream.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [
+        pkgs.copyDesktopItems
+      ];
       desktopItems = (upstream.desktopItems or []) ++ [
         (pkgs.makeDesktopItem {
           name = "splatmoji";
diff --git a/nixpatches/list.nix b/nixpatches/list.nix
index 42f608f85..5d164b320 100644
--- a/nixpatches/list.nix
+++ b/nixpatches/list.nix
@@ -141,12 +141,13 @@ in [
   #   hash = "sha256-oQEM3EZfAOmfZzDu9faCqyOFZsdHYGn1mVBgkxt68Zg=";
   # })
 
-  (fetchpatch' {
-    title = "splatmoji: init at 1.2.0";
-    prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/211874";
-    saneCommit = "75149039b6eaf57d8a92164e90aab20eb5d89196";
-    hash = "sha256-abLakAWaRfc8tgu4IwUdR/w8GAuSl+OhQkYozlprD0c=";
-  })
+  # TODO: splatmoji PR is out-of-date
+  # (fetchpatch' {
+  #   title = "splatmoji: init at 1.2.0";
+  #   prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/211874";
+  #   saneCommit = "75149039b6eaf57d8a92164e90aab20eb5d89196";
+  #   hash = "sha256-abLakAWaRfc8tgu4IwUdR/w8GAuSl+OhQkYozlprD0c=";
+  # })
 
   # (fetchpatch {
   #   # stdenv: fix cc for pseudo-crosscompilation
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/splatmoji/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/splatmoji/default.nix
index 17c6de089..5ef6dbd4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/splatmoji/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/splatmoji/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "cspeterson";
     repo = "splatmoji";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-fsZ8FhLP3vAalRJWUEi/0fe0DlwAz5zZeRZqAuwgv/U=";
+    hash = "sha256-fsZ8FhLP3vAalRJWUEi/0fe0DlwAz5zZeRZqAuwgv/U=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
     ./build.sh ${version} dir
+    runHook postBuild
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -R build/usr/* $out
 
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # splatmoji refers to its lib and data by absolute path
     sed -i "s:/usr/lib/splatmoji:$out/lib/splatmoji:g" $out/bin/splatmoji
     sed -i -r "s:/usr/share/+splatmoji:$out/share/splatmoji:g" $out/lib/splatmoji/functions
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {