diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/default.nix
index e03d80c6fc14..edd221b57afd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ in
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dnf-plugins-core";
-  version = "4.9.0";
+  version = "4.10.0";
   format = "other";
 
   outputs = [
@@ -35,18 +35,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "rpm-software-management";
     repo = "dnf-plugins-core";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-MQ7QZ5qn/0OU0slohwEP83w8NvSP2M+hpCDKvYqlezY=";
+    hash = "sha256-7MPCLnclRT07m6CrGguDxSB+sIybp4tMcExU9+Sz9EM=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./fix-python-install-dir.patch ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace "@PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR@" "$out/${python.sitePackages}" \
-      --replace "SYSCONFDIR /etc" "SYSCONFDIR $out/etc" \
-      --replace "SYSTEMD_DIR /usr/lib/systemd/system" "SYSTEMD_DIR $out/lib/systemd/system"
+      --replace-fail "SYSCONFDIR /etc" "SYSCONFDIR $out/etc" \
+      --replace-fail "SYSTEMD_DIR /usr/lib/systemd/system" "SYSTEMD_DIR $out/lib/systemd/system"
     substituteInPlace doc/CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace 'SPHINX_BUILD_NAME "sphinx-build-3"' 'SPHINX_BUILD_NAME "${sphinx}/bin/sphinx-build"'
+      --replace-fail 'SPHINX_BUILD_NAME "sphinx-build-3"' 'SPHINX_BUILD_NAME "${sphinx}/bin/sphinx-build"'
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -68,6 +65,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DPYTHON_DESIRED=${pyMajor}"
     "-DWITHOUT_LOCAL=0"
+    "-DPYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/${python.sitePackages}"
   ];
 
   postBuild = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/fix-python-install-dir.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/fix-python-install-dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 647c77e08a9c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/fix-python-install-dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index a1eea7b..00fbaf3 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ELSE ()
-     MESSAGE (FATAL_ERROR "Invalid PYTHON_DESIRED value: " ${PYTHON_DESIRED})
- ENDIF()
-
--EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "from sys import stdout; from sysconfig import get_path; stdout.write(get_path('purelib'))" OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR)
-+SET(PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR "@PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR@")
- MESSAGE(STATUS "Python install dir is ${PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR}")
-
- SET (SYSCONFDIR /etc)