diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofimoji/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofimoji/default.nix
index 1e340697e76d..79a4d9fc7abe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofimoji/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofimoji/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 , x11Support ? true
 
 , ConfigArgParse
-, pyxdg
 , rofi
 , wl-clipboard
 , wtype
@@ -16,18 +15,18 @@
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "rofimoji";
-  version = "4.3.0";
+  version = "5.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "fdw";
     repo = "rofimoji";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "08ayndpifr04njpijc5n5ii5nvibfpab39p6ngyyj0pb43792a8j";
+    sha256 = "sha256-bLV0hYDjVH11euvNHUHZFcCVywuceRljkCqyX4aANVs=";
   };
 
   # `rofi` and the `waylandSupport` and `x11Support` dependencies
   # contain binaries needed at runtime.
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with lib; [ ConfigArgParse pyxdg rofi ]
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with lib; [ ConfigArgParse rofi ]
     ++ optionals waylandSupport [ wl-clipboard wtype ]
     ++ optionals x11Support [ xdotool xsel ];
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   # and has additional dependencies.
   postPatch = ''
     rm -rf extractors
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace 'pyxdg==0.26' 'pyxdg'
   '';
 
   # no tests executed
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9b11bc832870..464f34d2fa92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26063,7 +26063,7 @@ in
   rofi-systemd = callPackage ../tools/system/rofi-systemd { };
 
   rofimoji = callPackage ../applications/misc/rofimoji {
-    inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication ConfigArgParse pyxdg;
+    inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication ConfigArgParse;
   };
 
   rootlesskit = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/rootlesskit {};