diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/apps/elementary-photos/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/apps/elementary-photos/default.nix
index 8a1017cfaeb1..5170940c9138 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/apps/elementary-photos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/apps/elementary-photos/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , nix-update-script
 , meson
 , ninja
@@ -11,19 +12,15 @@
 , libexif
 , libgee
 , libhandy
-, geocode-glib
+, geocode-glib_2
 , gexiv2
 , libgphoto2
 , granite
 , gst_all_1
 , libgudev
-, json-glib
 , libraw
-, librest
-, libsoup
 , sqlite
 , python3
-, webkitgtk
 , libwebp
 , appstream
 , wrapGAppsHook
@@ -40,6 +37,32 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-VhJggQMy1vk21zNA5pR4uAPGCwnIxLUHVO58AZs+h6s=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # The following 5 patches allow building this without webkit2gtk-4.0.
+    # https://github.com/elementary/photos/pull/743, https://github.com/elementary/photos/pull/746
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/elementary/photos/commit/c48f49869bbf44aa37e64c0c1e25aff887783a02.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-CeKRONVevJqVEIchgxyPqnM16Y2zUJ1+wnL2jLdJqec=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/elementary/photos/commit/d7a8265ecb562e439d003b61b0823de8348fb10d.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-6M3t0l8BUhoaowUSfaiz6xjQBHliO13i+qi5cgfEY04=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/elementary/photos/commit/d8e13e8e803ed7ab1bd23527866567d998744f57.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-BGBDIHR5iYtd+rJG9sur1oWa4FK/lF0vLdjyPbyNbdU=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/elementary/photos/commit/075f983a65e9c6d4e80ee07f0c05309badef526a.patch";
+      excludes = [ ".github/workflows/ci.yml" ];
+      hash = "sha256-QOtssVwwHxFdtfhcVyaN33LMZdOkg/DoAC+UAbrkmDk=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/elementary/photos/commit/ea11cf23db6945df6cc3495fd698456054389371.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-4a/CRx7Dmyyda6SUr0QF++R73v7FBzjXfyxvspynnG0=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     appstream
     desktop-file-utils
@@ -52,22 +75,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    geocode-glib
+    geocode-glib_2
     gexiv2
     granite
     gtk3
-    json-glib
     libexif
     libgee
     libgphoto2
     libgudev
     libhandy
     libraw
-    librest
-    libsoup
     libwebp
     sqlite
-    webkitgtk
   ] ++ (with gst_all_1; [
     gst-plugins-bad
     gst-plugins-base
@@ -76,10 +95,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gstreamer
   ]);
 
-  mesonFlags = [
-    "-Dplugins=false"
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x meson/post_install.py
     patchShebangs meson/post_install.py