diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-session/patches/no-systemd-dep.patch b/srcpkgs/gnome-session/patches/no-systemd-dep.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8292d60d5a9..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-session/patches/no-systemd-dep.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ if enable_systemd or enable_consolekit
- 
-   # Check for systemd
-   if enable_systemd
--    systemd_dep = dependency('systemd', version: '>= 242', required: true)
--    systemd_userunitdir = systemd_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemduserunitdir',
--                                                             define_variable: ['prefix', prefix])
--
-+    systemd_userunitdir = '/tmp'
-     libsystemd_dep = dependency('libsystemd', version: '>= 209', required: false)
-     session_bin_deps += libsystemd_dep
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-session/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-session/template
index 062d5b8b503..ba11a1d76e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-session/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-session/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-session'
 pkgname=gnome-session
-version=43.0
+version=44.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
-configure_args="-Dsystemd_journal=false -Dsystemd_session=disable"
+configure_args="-Dsystemd_journal=false -Dsystemd_session=disable
+ -Dsystemduserunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/user"
 hostmakedepends="glib-devel gettext pkg-config xmlto"
 makedepends="elogind-devel gnome-desktop-devel gtk+3-devel json-glib-devel
  libglib-devel libICE-devel libSM-devel xtrans"
@@ -15,4 +16,4 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session"
 changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/-/raw/main/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gnome-session/${version%.*}/gnome-session-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=3fb9949501385c8c14618e78f178d952df98ad8c91080f4c5e1568c7393ae1f2
+checksum=ccf829a96526135e9e9f917526515d36a5092bdfa316f3737dd8c5a524dbf2c6