diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ga/gamescope/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ga/gamescope/package.nix
index 6d983af50fbd..54b9f6261972 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ga/gamescope/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ga/gamescope/package.nix
@@ -48,19 +48,18 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gamescope";
-  version = "3.16.2";
+  version = "3.16.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ValveSoftware";
     repo = "gamescope";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-vKl2wYAt051+1IaCGB1ylGa83WTS+neqZwtQ/4MyCck=";
+    hash = "sha256-4Pbyv+EAgwjabVJ4oW3jSmi0Rzpe+BxCN8mM5/beEco=";
   };
 
   patches = [
     # Make it look for data in the right place
-    ./scripts-path.patch
     ./shaders-path.patch
     # patch relative gamescopereaper path with absolute
     ./gamescopereaper.patch
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # so `placeholder "out"` ends up pointing to the wrong place
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/reshade_effect_manager.cpp --replace-fail "@out@" "$out"
-    substituteInPlace src/Script/Script.cpp --replace-fail "@out@" "$out"
 
     # Patching shebangs in the main `libdisplay-info` build
     patchShebangs subprojects/libdisplay-info/tool/gen-search-table.py
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ga/gamescope/scripts-path.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ga/gamescope/scripts-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 331ede9e537f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ga/gamescope/scripts-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/Script/Script.cpp b/src/Script/Script.cpp
-index a104ee9..f7cfc8b 100644
---- a/src/Script/Script.cpp
-+++ b/src/Script/Script.cpp
-@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace gamescope
-         }
-         else
-         {
--            RunFolder( "/usr/share/gamescope/scripts", true );
-+            RunFolder( "@out@/share/gamescope/scripts", true );
-             RunFolder( "/etc/gamescope/scripts", true );
-         }
-