diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/default.nix
index 219046157cf8f..43defb1950232 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/default.nix
@@ -85,20 +85,31 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   postPatch =
     ''
+      # fix compatibility with recent aiorpcx version
+      # (remove as soon as https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/171aa5ee5ad4e25b9da10f757d9d398e905b4945 is included in source tarball)
+      substituteInPlace ./contrib/requirements/requirements.txt \
+        --replace-fail "aiorpcx>=0.22.0,<0.24" "aiorpcx>=0.22.0,<0.25"
+      substituteInPlace ./run_electrum \
+        --replace-fail "if not ((0, 22, 0) <= aiorpcx._version < (0, 24)):" "if not ((0, 22, 0) <= aiorpcx._version < (0, 25)):" \
+        --replace-fail "aiorpcX version {aiorpcx._version} does not match required: 0.22.0<=ver<0.24" "aiorpcX version {aiorpcx._version} does not match required: 0.22.0<=ver<0.25"
+      substituteInPlace ./electrum/electrum \
+        --replace-fail "if not ((0, 22, 0) <= aiorpcx._version < (0, 24)):" "if not ((0, 22, 0) <= aiorpcx._version < (0, 25)):" \
+        --replace-fail "aiorpcX version {aiorpcx._version} does not match required: 0.22.0<=ver<0.24" "aiorpcX version {aiorpcx._version} does not match required: 0.22.0<=ver<0.25"
+
       # make compatible with protobuf4 by easing dependencies ...
       substituteInPlace ./contrib/requirements/requirements.txt \
-        --replace "protobuf>=3.20,<4" "protobuf>=3.20"
+        --replace-fail "protobuf>=3.20,<4" "protobuf>=3.20"
       # ... and regenerating the paymentrequest_pb2.py file
       protoc --python_out=. electrum/paymentrequest.proto
 
       substituteInPlace ./electrum/ecc_fast.py \
-        --replace ${libsecp256k1_name} ${secp256k1}/lib/libsecp256k1${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
+        --replace-fail ${libsecp256k1_name} ${secp256k1}/lib/libsecp256k1${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
     ''
     + (
       if enableQt then
         ''
           substituteInPlace ./electrum/qrscanner.py \
-            --replace ${libzbar_name} ${zbar.lib}/lib/libzbar${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
+            --replace-fail ${libzbar_name} ${zbar.lib}/lib/libzbar${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
         ''
       else
         ''
@@ -108,10 +119,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
     substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/electrum.desktop \
-      --replace 'Exec=sh -c "PATH=\"\\$HOME/.local/bin:\\$PATH\"; electrum %u"' \
-                "Exec=$out/bin/electrum %u" \
-      --replace 'Exec=sh -c "PATH=\"\\$HOME/.local/bin:\\$PATH\"; electrum --testnet %u"' \
-                "Exec=$out/bin/electrum --testnet %u"
+      --replace-fail "Exec=electrum %u" "Exec=$out/bin/electrum %u" \
+      --replace-fail "Exec=electrum --testnet %u" "Exec=$out/bin/electrum --testnet %u"
   '';
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString enableQt ''