diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/document-Copy-using-SubprocessLauncher-instead-of-GFile-API.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/document-Copy-using-SubprocessLauncher-instead-of-GFile-API.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 65e99e74ad33..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/document-Copy-using-SubprocessLauncher-instead-of-GFile-API.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-From 93e1c00bca9078fa4b21e42a4560011cce768142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Diego=20Iv=C3=A1n=20M=2EE?= <diegoivan.mae@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 09:16:51 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] document: Copy using SubprocessLauncher instead of GFile API
-
----
- io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json |  7 +++----
- src/Document.vala                            | 13 +++++++------
- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json b/io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json
-index ede68d1..3feb79e 100644
---- a/io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json
-+++ b/io.github.diegoivan.pdf_metadata_editor.json
-@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@
-             ],
-             "sources" : [
-                 {
--                    "url" : "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler.git",
--                    "type" : "git",
--                    "tag" : "poppler-23.01.0",
--                    "commit" : "4259ff0c2067d302f97d87221a442eec8e88d45c"
-+                    "url" : "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-24.08.0.tar.xz",
-+                    "type" : "archive",
-+                    "sha256" : "97453fbddf0c9a9eafa0ea45ac710d3d49bcf23a62e864585385d3c0b4403174"
-                 }
-             ]
-         },
-diff --git a/src/Document.vala b/src/Document.vala
-index e52e1a7..a59fe03 100644
---- a/src/Document.vala
-+++ b/src/Document.vala
-@@ -445,11 +445,11 @@ public class PaperClip.Document : Object {
-     }
- 
-     private async File create_copy_from_original () throws Error {
-+        var launcher = new SubprocessLauncher (NONE);
-         unowned string tmp_dir = Environment.get_tmp_dir ();
-         string destination_path = Path.build_path (Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
-                                                    tmp_dir,
-                                                    "copies");
--
-         int res = DirUtils.create_with_parents (destination_path, 0777);
-         if (res < 0) {
-             throw new IOError.FAILED (@"Could not create $destination_path");
-@@ -458,14 +458,15 @@ public class PaperClip.Document : Object {
-         string destination_file = Path.build_filename (destination_path,
-                                                        "%s".printf (original_file.get_basename ()));
- 
--        var copy_file = File.new_for_path (destination_file);
--        FileCopyFlags flags = NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS | OVERWRITE | ALL_METADATA;
--
--        bool success = yield original_file.copy_async (copy_file, flags);
-+        Subprocess copy_process = launcher.spawn("cp", original_file.get_path(), destination_path);
-+        bool success = yield copy_process.wait_async ();
-         if (!success) {
--            critical ("Copy Unsuccessful");
-+            critical ("Processed failed");
-         }
- 
-+
-+        var copy_file = File.new_for_path (destination_file);
-+
-         return copy_file;
-     }
- }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/package.nix
index 683580dd0817..7521f833a06b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/package.nix
@@ -18,21 +18,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "paper-clip";
-  version = "5.5.1";
+  version = "5.5.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Diego-Ivan";
     repo = "Paper-Clip";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Jdsx5ZhujP0SgEtr4NMbXsTkMYrkQj7Vs+SSYziWpiw=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-zJqN66WYYHLZCb6jnREnvhVonbQSucD7VG+JvpbmNMU=";
   };
 
-  # Remove these patches after the version is bumped past 5.5.1
-  patches = [
-    ./document-Copy-using-SubprocessLauncher-instead-of-GFile-API.patch
-    ./vala-Solve-Vala-errors-at-C-compile-time.patch
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     desktop-file-utils
     meson
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/vala-Solve-Vala-errors-at-C-compile-time.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/vala-Solve-Vala-errors-at-C-compile-time.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a41655d6d262..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paper-clip/vala-Solve-Vala-errors-at-C-compile-time.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From 82193146a80bfe613355706421454f879bdd496f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Diego=20Iv=C3=A1n=20M=2EE?= <diegoivan.mae@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 18:08:36 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] vala: Solve Vala errors at C compile time
-
----
- src/Document.vala | 4 +++-
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/Document.vala b/src/Document.vala
-index 872309f..e52e1a7 100644
---- a/src/Document.vala
-+++ b/src/Document.vala
-@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ public class PaperClip.Document : Object {
-                                                    "copies");
- 
-         int res = DirUtils.create_with_parents (destination_path, 0777);
--        return_if_fail (res > -1);
-+        if (res < 0) {
-+            throw new IOError.FAILED (@"Could not create $destination_path");
-+        }
- 
-         string destination_file = Path.build_filename (destination_path,
-                                                        "%s".printf (original_file.get_basename ()));