diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/goobook/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/goobook/default.nix
index ac658b1940f4..6876ae0392b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/goobook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/goobook/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
-, google_api_python_client, simplejson, oauth2client, setuptools
+, google_api_python_client, simplejson, oauth2client, setuptools, xdg
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "goobook";
-  version = "3.4";
+  version = "3.5";
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "089a95s6g9izsy1fzpz48p6pz0wpngcbbrvsillm1n53492gfhjg";
+    sha256 = "1rmfyma3gwdf5mrw4l3j66y86fy8hgdbd0z4a5kck0kcm3hy34j9";
   };
 
-  # Required for a breaking change in google-api-python-client 1.8.1:
-  patches = [ ./fix-build.patch ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    google_api_python_client simplejson oauth2client setuptools
+    google_api_python_client simplejson oauth2client setuptools xdg
   ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Search your google contacts from the command-line or mutt";
+    description = "Access your Google contacts from the command line";
+    longDescription = ''
+      The purpose of GooBook is to make it possible to use your Google Contacts
+      from the command-line and from MUAs such as Mutt.
+      It can be used from Mutt the same way as abook.
+    '';
     homepage    = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/goobook";
+    changelog   = "https://gitlab.com/goobook/goobook/-/blob/${version}/CHANGES.rst";
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos ];
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/goobook/fix-build.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/goobook/fix-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1121dbfdcb32..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/goobook/fix-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From 8de09b82c5ac900317043e1c1025f431516b6788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michael Weiss <dev.primeos@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:41:04 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Switch from the alias apiclient to googleapiclient
-
-This fixes the package after a breaking change / bug in
-google-api-python-client 1.8.1 (see [0] and a lot of duplicate issues).
-
-The module apiclient is just an alias for googleapiclient [1].
-
-[0]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/870
-[1]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/blob/v1.8.1/apiclient/__init__.py
----
- goobook/goobook.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/goobook/goobook.py b/goobook/goobook.py
-index 5bcb0b3..a2e25e9 100755
---- a/goobook/goobook.py
-+++ b/goobook/goobook.py
-@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import sys
- import time
- 
- import httplib2
--from apiclient.discovery import build
-+from googleapiclient.discovery import build
- 
- from goobook.storage import Storage, storageify, unstorageify
- 
--- 
-2.26.1
-