From 8a66a0b8fb36bf8a79c6fbf7b92d7f4dd3c6df93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ihar Hrachyshka <ihar.hrachyshka@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:20:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] element-desktop: avoid duplicating element-web

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/563892 added webapp.asar to
satisfy electron-builder. This unintentionally left it in the app bundle
(in addition to symlinked electron-web), bloating the package by ~140MB
for no good reason.
---
 pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
index 6d206b0d7faf..b658007cd006 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     asar pack tmp-app "$packed"
 
+    # element-web is linked into the output during installPhase.
+    find ./dist -name webapp.asar -delete
+
     runHook postBuild
   '';