diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/0001-replace-unpack-with-table-unpack.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/0001-replace-unpack-with-table-unpack.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7a2287427f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/0001-replace-unpack-with-table-unpack.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+diff --git a/data/core/commands/findreplace.lua b/data/core/commands/findreplace.lua
+index 5d27aa6..db6a2dd 100644
+--- a/data/core/commands/findreplace.lua
++++ b/data/core/commands/findreplace.lua
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ local function update_preview(sel, search_fn, text)
+     last_view:scroll_to_line(line2, true)
+     found_expression = true
+   else
+-    last_view.doc:set_selection(unpack(sel))
++    last_view.doc:set_selection(table.unpack(sel))
+     found_expression = false
+   end
+ end
+@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ end
+ local function find(label, search_fn)
+   last_view, last_sel = core.active_view,
+     { core.active_view.doc:get_selection() }
+-  local text = last_view.doc:get_text(unpack(last_sel))
++  local text = last_view.doc:get_text(table.unpack(last_sel))
+   found_expression = false
+ 
+   core.command_view:set_text(text, true)
+@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ local function find(label, search_fn)
+       last_fn, last_text = search_fn, text
+     else
+       core.error("Couldn't find %q", text)
+-      last_view.doc:set_selection(unpack(last_sel))
+-      last_view:scroll_to_make_visible(unpack(last_sel))
++      last_view.doc:set_selection(table.unpack(last_sel))
++      last_view:scroll_to_make_visible(table.unpack(last_sel))
+     end
+   end, function(text)
+     update_preview(last_sel, search_fn, text)
+@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ local function find(label, search_fn)
+   end, function(explicit)
+     core.status_view:remove_tooltip()
+     if explicit then
+-      last_view.doc:set_selection(unpack(last_sel))
+-      last_view:scroll_to_make_visible(unpack(last_sel))
++      last_view.doc:set_selection(table.unpack(last_sel))
++      last_view:scroll_to_make_visible(table.unpack(last_sel))
+     end
+   end)
+ end
+diff --git a/data/core/doc/init.lua b/data/core/doc/init.lua
+index 2e72907..0e61ffb 100644
+--- a/data/core/doc/init.lua
++++ b/data/core/doc/init.lua
+@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ local function selection_iterator(invariant, idx)
+   local target = invariant[3] and (idx*4 - 7) or (idx*4 + 1)
+   if target > #invariant[1] or target <= 0 or (type(invariant[3]) == "number" and invariant[3] ~= idx - 1) then return end
+   if invariant[2] then
+-    return idx+(invariant[3] and -1 or 1), sort_positions(unpack(invariant[1], target, target+4))
++    return idx+(invariant[3] and -1 or 1), sort_positions(table.unpack(invariant[1], target, target+4))
+   else
+-    return idx+(invariant[3] and -1 or 1), unpack(invariant[1], target, target+4)
++    return idx+(invariant[3] and -1 or 1), table.unpack(invariant[1], target, target+4)
+   end
+ end
+ 
+@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ function Doc:raw_insert(line, col, text, undo_stack, time)
+ 
+   -- push undo
+   local line2, col2 = self:position_offset(line, col, #text)
+-  push_undo(undo_stack, time, "selection", unpack(self.selections))
++  push_undo(undo_stack, time, "selection", table.unpack(self.selections))
+   push_undo(undo_stack, time, "remove", line, col, line2, col2)
+ 
+   -- update highlighter and assure selection is in bounds
+@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ end
+ function Doc:raw_remove(line1, col1, line2, col2, undo_stack, time)
+   -- push undo
+   local text = self:get_text(line1, col1, line2, col2)
+-  push_undo(undo_stack, time, "selection", unpack(self.selections))
++  push_undo(undo_stack, time, "selection", table.unpack(self.selections))
+   push_undo(undo_stack, time, "insert", line1, col1, text)
+ 
+   -- get line content before/after removed text
+diff --git a/data/core/tokenizer.lua b/data/core/tokenizer.lua
+index d95baeb..f77fed4 100644
+--- a/data/core/tokenizer.lua
++++ b/data/core/tokenizer.lua
+@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function tokenizer.tokenize(incoming_syntax, text, state)
+         if count % 2 == 0 then break end
+       end
+     until not res[1] or not close or not target[3]
+-    return unpack(res)
++    return table.unpack(res)
+   end
+   
+   while i <= #text do
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix
index 3b38004eddba..0c2aed88c0e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/lite-xl/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { agg
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , Foundation
 , freetype
 , lib
@@ -16,30 +15,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lite-xl";
-  version = "2.0.1";
+  version = "2.0.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lite-xl";
     repo = "lite-xl";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-+RbmT6H/5Ldhv3qOClxMjCSGMudbkGtkjo2SpGqExao=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-8Hw2zDYynWG/NwxtWgbEVUCzrtRVkOhwtsisURNqUn8=";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # Fixes compatibility with Lua5.2, remove patch when PR merged
-    # https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl/pull/435
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "0001-replace-unpack-with-table.unpack.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl/commit/30ccde896d1ffe37cbd8990e9b8aaef275e18935.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-IAe3jIyD3OtZtu1V7MtPR4QzFKvU/aV/nLQ4U9nHyIQ=";
-    })
-    # Lets meson fallback to the system reproc if available.
-    # remove patch when 2.0.2 is proposed.
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "0002-use-dependency-fallbacks-use-system-reproc-if-available.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl/commit/973acb787aacb0164b2f4ae6fe335d250ba80a7b.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-GmgATsRlj1FePmw3+AoWEMZIo2eujHYewKQCx583qbU=";
-    })
+    # Fixes compatibility with Lua5.2, remove patch when a new release covers this
+    ./0001-replace-unpack-with-table-unpack.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];