diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bolt/0001-skip-mkdir.patch b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bolt/0001-skip-mkdir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0853bcea9167..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bolt/0001-skip-mkdir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/scripts/meson-install.sh b/scripts/meson-install.sh
-index 859ae81..05a1c58 100644
---- a/scripts/meson-install.sh
-+++ b/scripts/meson-install.sh
-@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ fi
- 
- BOLT_DBDIR=$1
- 
--echo "Creating database dir: ${BOLT_DBDIR}"
--mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/${BOLT_DBDIR}"
-+# echo "Creating database dir: ${BOLT_DBDIR}"
-+# mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/${BOLT_DBDIR}"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bolt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bolt/package.nix
index c63df50bf2f9..a88bcfb60702 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bolt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bolt/package.nix
@@ -22,26 +22,23 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bolt";
-  version = "0.9.7";
+  version = "0.9.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
     owner = "bolt";
     repo = "bolt";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-6m4Yrev9W5WV4/pptc8tJ4hc6QSC+eJ7BSt2mx33s9U=";
+    hash = "sha256-sDPipSIT2MJMdsOjOQSB+uOe6KXzVnyAqcQxPPr2NsU=";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # meson install tries to create /var/lib/boltd
-    ./0001-skip-mkdir.patch
-
     # Test does not work on ZFS with atime disabled.
     # Upstream issue: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/bolt/bolt/-/issues/167
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/bolt/bolt/-/commit/c2f1d5c40ad71b20507e02faa11037b395fac2f8.diff";
       revert = true;
-      sha256 = "6w7ll65W/CydrWAVi/qgzhrQeDv1PWWShulLxoglF+I=";
+      hash = "sha256-6w7ll65W/CydrWAVi/qgzhrQeDv1PWWShulLxoglF+I=";
     })
   ];
 
@@ -59,16 +56,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ninja
     pkg-config
     glib
-  ] ++ lib.optional (!doCheck) python3;
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     polkit
     systemd
   ];
 
-  # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/bolt/bolt/-/issues/181
-  doCheck = false;
-
   preCheck = ''
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${umockdev.out}/lib/
   '';