diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslu/fix-desktop-item.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslu/fix-desktop-item.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5645cff98ae6e..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslu/fix-desktop-item.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-From f63028c5712a89cb310165cde9701538fa85ce46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=A9clairevoyant?=
- <848000+eclairevoyant@users.noreply.github.com>
-Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 06:09:44 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] fix desktop item
-
----
- Makefile                | 1 -
- src/etc/wslview.desktop | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 2399009..e823882 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ res_install:
- 	install -Dm 644 src/etc/*.ps1 -t $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/wslu
- 	install -Dm 644 src/etc/*.ico -t $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/wslu
- 	install -Dm 755 src/etc/*.sh -t $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/wslu
--	install -Dm 644 src/etc/*.desktop $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/wslu
- 	install -Dm 644 src/etc/conf $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/wslu
- 
- conf_install:
-diff --git a/src/etc/wslview.desktop b/src/etc/wslview.desktop
-index ebb84b6..235a365 100644
---- a/src/etc/wslview.desktop
-+++ b/src/etc/wslview.desktop
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- Name=WSLView
- Comment=Open files and addresses in Windows
- Icon=windows
--Exec=/usr/bin/wslview %U
-+Exec=wslview %U
- Terminal=false
- Type=Application
- Categories=Utility;
--- 
-2.43.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslu/package.nix
index 52ea85c4c7b9f..43fb9cbbfafc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslu/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslu/package.nix
@@ -7,25 +7,26 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wslu";
-  version = "4.1.3";
+  version = "4.1.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wslutilities";
     repo = "wslu";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-lyJk8nOADq+s7GkZXsd1T4ilrDzMRsoALOesG8NxYK8=";
+    hash = "sha256-ssiwYkQg2rOirC/ZZVq2bJm4Ggc364uRkoS2y365Eb0=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ copyDesktopItems ];
 
   patches = [
     ./fallback-conf-nix-store.diff
-    ./fix-desktop-item.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/wslu-header \
       --subst-var out
+    substituteInPlace src/etc/wslview.desktop \
+      --replace-fail /usr/bin/wslview wslview
   '';
 
   makeFlags = [
@@ -33,8 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "PREFIX="
   ];
 
-  desktopItems = [ "src/etc/wslview.desktop" ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Collection of utilities for Windows Subsystem for Linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu";