diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xc/xclock/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xc/xclock/package.nix
index ed01c2ba7cf6..965ed0f2d398 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xc/xclock/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xc/xclock/package.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitLab,
-  fetchpatch,
   meson,
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
+  versionCheckHook,
   wrapWithXFileSearchPathHook,
   libx11,
   libxaw,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xclock";
-  version = "1.1.1";
+  version = "1.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
@@ -27,17 +27,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "app";
     repo = "xclock";
     tag = "xclock-${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ZgUb+iVO45Az/C+2YJ1TXxcTLk3zQjM1GGv2E69WNfo=";
+    hash = "sha256-sytAl9vXBdxjTM0NnAgRNK34yqn/6zJeCQ/9bH3xaOc=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # meson build system patch
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xclock/-/commit/28e10bd26ac7e02fe8a4fb8016bb115f8d664032.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-KdrS7VneJqwVPB+TRJoMmtR03Ju3PvvUMYfXz5tII6k=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   strictDeps = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -62,6 +54,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.mesonOption "appdefaultdir" "${placeholder "out"}/share/X11/app-defaults")
   ];
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "-version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version-regex=xclock-(.*)" ]; };
 
   meta = {
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       mit
     ];
     mainProgram = "xclock";
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ booxter ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 })