diff --git a/pkgs/games/polymc/0001-pick-latest-java-first.patch b/pkgs/games/polymc/0001-pick-latest-java-first.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a65dcbfd037d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/polymc/0001-pick-latest-java-first.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-From 44e1b2a19a869b907b40e56c85c8a47aa6c22097 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Mustafa=20=C3=87al=C4=B1=C5=9Fkan?= <musfay@protonmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 21:50:11 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] pick latest java first
-
----
- launcher/java/JavaInstallList.cpp | 4 ++--
- launcher/java/JavaUtils.cpp       | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/launcher/java/JavaInstallList.cpp b/launcher/java/JavaInstallList.cpp
-index 0bded03c..40898e20 100644
---- a/launcher/java/JavaInstallList.cpp
-+++ b/launcher/java/JavaInstallList.cpp
-@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ void JavaInstallList::updateListData(QList<BaseVersionPtr> versions)
- 
- bool sortJavas(BaseVersionPtr left, BaseVersionPtr right)
- {
--    auto rleft = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<JavaInstall>(left);
--    auto rright = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<JavaInstall>(right);
-+    auto rleft = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<JavaInstall>(right);
-+    auto rright = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<JavaInstall>(left);
-     return (*rleft) > (*rright);
- }
- 
-diff --git a/launcher/java/JavaUtils.cpp b/launcher/java/JavaUtils.cpp
-index 5f004a10..6d633631 100644
---- a/launcher/java/JavaUtils.cpp
-+++ b/launcher/java/JavaUtils.cpp
-@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ QList<QString> JavaUtils::FindJavaPaths()
-     qDebug() << "Linux Java detection incomplete - defaulting to \"java\"";
- 
-     QList<QString> javas;
--    javas.append(this->GetDefaultJava()->path);
-     auto scanJavaDir = [&](const QString & dirPath)
-     {
-         QDir dir(dirPath);
-@@ -379,6 +378,7 @@ QList<QString> JavaUtils::FindJavaPaths()
-     // general locations used by distro packaging
-     scanJavaDir("/usr/lib/jvm");
-     scanJavaDir("/usr/lib32/jvm");
-+    javas.append(this->GetDefaultJava()->path);
-     // javas stored in MultiMC's folder
-     scanJavaDir("java");
-     return javas;
--- 
-2.31.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/games/polymc/default.nix b/pkgs/games/polymc/default.nix
index ddfc76b8b97b..0d63a8ad5f91 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/polymc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/polymc/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib
 , mkDerivation
-, makeDesktopItem
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , jdk8
@@ -17,21 +16,19 @@
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "polymc";
-  version = "1.0.4";
+  version = "1.0.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "PolyMC";
     repo = "PolyMC";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-8aya0KfV9F+i2qBpweWcR9hwyTSQkqn2wHdtkCEeNvk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KgLWbZxtxTpuFdMOJNyADYw9rMWoLgczrbSrH4qv6NI=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake file makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ qtbase jdk8 zlib ];
 
-  patches = [ ./0001-pick-latest-java-first.patch ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     # hardcode jdk paths
     substituteInPlace launcher/java/JavaUtils.cpp \
@@ -42,19 +39,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DLauncher_LAYOUT=lin-system" ] ++
                lib.optionals (msaClientID != "") [ "-DLauncher_MSA_CLIENT_ID=${msaClientID}" ];
 
-  desktopItems = [
-    (makeDesktopItem {
-      name = "polymc";
-      desktopName = "PolyMC";
-      genericName = "Minecraft Launcher";
-      comment = "Free, open source launcher and instance manager for Minecraft.";
-      icon = "launcher";
-      exec = "polymc";
-      categories = "Game";
-      terminal = "false";
-    })
-  ];
-
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
   postInstall = let
@@ -68,8 +52,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
       libGL
     ];
   in ''
-    install -Dm644 ../launcher/resources/multimc/scalable/launcher.svg $out/share/pixmaps/polymc.svg
-
     # xorg.xrandr needed for LWJGL [2.9.2, 3) https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl/issues/128
     wrapProgram $out/bin/polymc \
       "''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}" \