diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/default.nix
index a359f0a4ac0f..cd29268bec68 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , electron
 , esbuild
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , libdeltachat
 , makeDesktopItem
 , makeWrapper
@@ -14,6 +15,33 @@
 }:
 
 let
+  libdeltachat' = libdeltachat.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
+    version = "1.60.0";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "deltachat";
+      repo = "deltachat-core-rust";
+      rev = version;
+      sha256 = "1agm5xyaib4ynmw4mhgmkhh4lnxs91wv0q9i1zfihv2vkckfm2s2";
+    };
+    cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
+      inherit src;
+      name = "${old.pname}-${version}";
+      sha256 = "09d3mw2hb1gmqg7smaqwnfm7izw40znl0h1dz7s2imms2cnkjws1";
+    };
+    patches = [
+      # https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pull/2589
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/commit/408467e85d04fbbfd6bed5908d84d9e995943487.patch";
+        sha256 = "1j2ywaazglgl6370js34acrg0wrh0b7krqg05dfjf65n527lzn59";
+      })
+      ./no-static-lib.patch
+      # https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pull/2660
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/commit/8fb5e038a97d8ae68564c885d61b93127a68366d.patch";
+        sha256 = "088pzfrrkgfi4646dc72404s3kykcpni7hgkppalwlzg0p4is41x";
+      })
+    ];
+  });
   electronExec = if stdenv.isDarwin then
     "${electron}/Applications/Electron.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron"
   else
@@ -38,7 +66,7 @@ in nodePackages.deltachat-desktop.override rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    libdeltachat
+    libdeltachat'
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     CoreServices
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/no-static-lib.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/no-static-lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95238cf88524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/no-static-lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index fe7abe08..acdbe0d6 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ find_program(CARGO cargo)
+ 
+ add_custom_command(
+ 	OUTPUT
+-	"target/release/libdeltachat.a"
+ 	"target/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}"
+ 	"target/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc"
+         COMMAND
+@@ -38,13 +37,11 @@ add_custom_target(
+ 	lib_deltachat
+ 	ALL
+ 	DEPENDS
+-	"target/release/libdeltachat.a"
+ 	"target/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}"
+ 	"target/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc"
+ )
+ 
+ include(GNUInstallDirs)
+ install(FILES "deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+-install(FILES "target/release/libdeltachat.a" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+ install(FILES "target/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+ install(FILES "target/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
+diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+index a34a27ba..cf354abb 100644
+--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
++++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "std", "email"]
+ 
+ [lib]
+ name = "deltachat"
+-crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib"]
++crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+ 
+ [dependencies]
+ deltachat = { path = "../", default-features = false }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/update.sh
index 162de501e617..dbe249d56dae 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/deltachat-desktop/update.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i bash -p curl jq nix-prefetch
+#! nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils curl gnused jq moreutils nix-prefetch
 
 set -euo pipefail
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ rev=$(
     jq 'map(select(.prerelease | not)) | .[0].tag_name' --raw-output
 )
 ver=$(echo "$rev" | sed 's/^v//')
-old_ver=$(sed -n 's/.*\bversion = "\(.*\)".*/\1/p' default.nix)
+old_ver=$(tac default.nix | sed -n 's/.*\bversion = "\(.*\)".*/\1/p' | head -1)
 if [ "$ver" = "$old_ver" ]; then
     echo "Up to date: $ver"
     exit
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ fi
 echo "$old_ver -> $ver"
 
 sha256=$(nix-prefetch -f "$nixpkgs" deltachat-desktop --rev "$rev")
-sed -e "s#\\bversion = \".*\"#version = \"$ver\"#" \
-    -e "s#\\bsha256 = \".*\"#sha256 = \"$sha256\"#" \
-    -i default.nix
+tac default.nix \
+    | sed -e "0,/version = \".*\"/s//version = \"$ver\"/" \
+          -e "0,/sha256 = \".*\"/s//sha256 = \"$sha256\"/" \
+    | tac \
+    | sponge default.nix
+
 src=$(nix-build "$nixpkgs" -A deltachat-desktop.src --no-out-link)
 
 jq '{ name, version, dependencies: (.dependencies + (.devDependencies | del(.["@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin","@typescript-eslint/parser","esbuild","electron-builder","electron-devtools-installer","electron-notarize","esbuild","eslint","eslint-config-prettier","eslint-plugin-react-hooks","hallmark","prettier","tape","testcafe","testcafe-browser-provider-electron","testcafe-react-selectors","walk"]))) }' \