diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 6d3aa1d..dd4a7d3 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -15,11 +15,28 @@ rec {
   overlays = import ./overlays; # nixpkgs overlays
 
   # Alacritty with the unmerged ligature patches applied.
-  alacritty-ligatures = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/applications/misc/alacritty/ligatures.nix {
+  alacritty-ligatures = (pkgs.alacritty.override {
+    # Requires a minimum of 1.41, and this is the only version on both stable
+    # and unstable channels right now.
     inherit (pkgs.rustPackages_1_44) rustPlatform;
-    inherit (pkgs.xorg) libXcursor libXxf86vm libXi;
-    inherit (pkgs.darwin.appls_sdk.frameworks) AppKit CoreGraphics CoreServices CoreText Foundation OpenGL;
-  };
+  }).overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+    pname = "${oldAttrs.pname}-ligatures";
+    version = "0.6.0.20201015";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "zenixls2";
+      repo = "alacritty";
+      fetchSubmodules = true;
+      rev = "30ebb4303229acbfdbbf00a84a9c46973c4e0334";
+      sha256 = "1c0951zs1h2d6fjnxixfms3913m1c6yvgmcizgd9gfgx59ghpafi";
+    };
+
+    cargoDeps = oldAttrs.cargoDeps.overrideAttrs (pkgs.lib.const {
+      name = "${pname}-${version}-vendor";
+      inherit src;
+      outputHash = "1zvj8hdlc3fii1ffwkigvxjigwx53vls543pgcv3a2bw4sn1ky1k";
+    });
+  });
 
   amdgpu-fan = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/tools/misc/amdgpu-fan { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/alacritty/ligatures.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/alacritty/ligatures.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 19e6b94..0000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/alacritty/ligatures.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, rustPlatform
-
-, cmake
-, gzip
-, installShellFiles
-, makeWrapper
-, ncurses
-, pkgconfig
-, python3
-
-, expat
-, fontconfig
-, freetype
-, libGL
-, libX11
-, libXcursor
-, libXi
-, libXrandr
-, libXxf86vm
-, libxcb
-, libxkbcommon
-, wayland
-, xdg_utils
-
-  # Darwin Frameworks
-, AppKit
-, CoreGraphics
-, CoreServices
-, CoreText
-, Foundation
-, OpenGL
-}:
-let
-  rpathLibs = [
-    expat
-    fontconfig
-    freetype
-    stdenv.cc.cc.lib # libstdc++.so.6
-    libGL
-    libX11
-    libXcursor
-    libXi
-    libXrandr
-    libXxf86vm
-    libxcb
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
-    libxkbcommon
-    wayland
-  ];
-  triple =
-    if stdenv.isLinux
-    then "${stdenv.platform.kernelArch}-unknown-linux-gnu"
-    else "x86_64-apple-darwin";
-in
-
-# https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues/4049#issuecomment-665664761
-assert builtins.compareVersions rustPlatform.rust.rustc.version "1.43.0" >= 0;
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "alacritty-ligatures";
-  version = "0.5.0.20200908";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "zenixls2";
-    repo = "alacritty";
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-    rev = "693de26a9fe9bc1252a721a6ba50ef4b34500d33";
-    sha256 = "0ybmn6fjn59nnk94bwr19d3rasf5x4c7wp2fynw9s69mm4ryz0n4";
-  };
-
-  cargoSha256 = "10ma465wy2n39l5pl3a9mz0lfxwgqbgla6s7dskzj1i1vnq2n2dy";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    gzip
-    installShellFiles
-    makeWrapper
-    ncurses
-    pkgconfig
-    python3
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = rpathLibs
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    AppKit
-    CoreGraphics
-    CoreServices
-    CoreText
-    Foundation
-    OpenGL
-  ];
-
-  outputs = [ "out" "terminfo" ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace alacritty/src/config/mouse.rs \
-      --replace xdg-open ${xdg_utils}/bin/xdg-open
-  '';
-
-  postBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "make app";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -D target/${triple}/release/alacritty $out/bin/alacritty
-
-  '' + (
-    if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-      mkdir $out/Applications
-      cp -r target/${triple}/release/osx/Alacritty.app $out/Applications/Alacritty.app
-    '' else ''
-      install -D extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop -t $out/share/applications/
-      install -D extra/logo/alacritty-term.svg $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/Alacritty.svg
-      patchelf --set-rpath "${lib.makeLibraryPath rpathLibs}" $out/bin/alacritty
-    ''
-  ) + ''
-
-    installShellCompletion --zsh extra/completions/_alacritty
-    installShellCompletion --bash extra/completions/alacritty.bash
-    installShellCompletion --fish extra/completions/alacritty.fish
-
-    install -dm 755 "$out/share/man/man1"
-    gzip -c extra/alacritty.man > "$out/share/man/man1/alacritty.1.gz"
-
-    install -dm 755 "$terminfo/share/terminfo/a/"
-    tic -xe alacritty,alacritty-direct -o "$terminfo/share/terminfo" extra/alacritty.info
-    mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-    echo "$terminfo" >> $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  dontPatchELF = true;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ filalex77 mic92 cole-h ma27 ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}