diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/0001-hardcode-json-file-path.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/0001-hardcode-json-file-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 45e620db258..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/0001-hardcode-json-file-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 5dd2593369645b11a9dc03e1930617d2f5dbd039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:48:49 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] hardcode json file path
-MIME-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-
-Signed-off-by: Jörg Thalheim <joerg@thalheim.io>
----
- wee_slack.py | 8 +-------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/wee_slack.py b/wee_slack.py
-index a3d779c..5942289 100644
---- a/wee_slack.py
-+++ b/wee_slack.py
-@@ -5136,13 +5136,7 @@ def create_slack_debug_buffer():
- 
- def load_emoji():
-     try:
--        weechat_dir = w.info_get('weechat_dir', '')
--        weechat_sharedir = w.info_get('weechat_sharedir', '')
--        local_weemoji, global_weemoji = ('{}/weemoji.json'.format(path)
--                for path in (weechat_dir, weechat_sharedir))
--        path = (global_weemoji if os.path.exists(global_weemoji) and
--                not os.path.exists(local_weemoji) else local_weemoji)
--        with open(path, 'r') as ef:
-+        with open('@out@/share/wee-slack/weemoji.json', 'r') as ef:
-             emojis = json.loads(ef.read())
-             if 'emoji' in emojis:
-                 print_error('The weemoji.json file is in an old format. Please update it.')
--- 
-2.29.0
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/default.nix
index 679e278c8a0..698ee80edf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wee-slack";
-  version = "2.7.0";
+  version = "2.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     repo = "wee-slack";
     owner = "wee-slack";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-6Z/H15bKe0PKpNe9PCgc5mLOii3CILCAVon7EgzIkx8=";
+    sha256 = "0xfklr0gsc9jgxfyrrb2j756lclz9g8imcb0pk0xgyj8mhsw23zk";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ./libpath.patch;
       env = "${buildEnv {
         name = "wee-slack-env";
-        paths = with python3Packages; [ websocket_client six ];
+        paths = with python3Packages; [
+          websocket_client
+          six
+        ];
       }}/${python3Packages.python.sitePackages}";
     })
-    ./0001-hardcode-json-file-path.patch
+    ./load_weemoji_path.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/libpath.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/libpath.patch
index af2dd36b41c..a6e38c16fb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/libpath.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/libpath.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 diff --git a/wee_slack.py b/wee_slack.py
-index dbe6446..d1b7546 100644
+index e4716b4..f673b7c 100644
 --- a/wee_slack.py
 +++ b/wee_slack.py
-@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import random
- import socket
- import string
+@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import string
+ # See https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/11925
+ sys.modules["numpy"] = None
  
 +sys.path.append('@env@')
 +
- from websocket import ABNF, create_connection, WebSocketConnectionClosedException
- 
- try:
+ from websocket import (  # noqa: E402
+     ABNF,
+     create_connection,
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/load_weemoji_path.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/load_weemoji_path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e97dc32fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/wee-slack/load_weemoji_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/wee_slack.py b/wee_slack.py
+index e4716b4..ffd122d 100644
+--- a/wee_slack.py
++++ b/wee_slack.py
+@@ -6092,19 +6092,7 @@ def create_slack_debug_buffer():
+ 
+ def load_emoji():
+     try:
+-        weechat_dir = w.info_get("weechat_data_dir", "") or w.info_get(
+-            "weechat_dir", ""
+-        )
+-        weechat_sharedir = w.info_get("weechat_sharedir", "")
+-        local_weemoji, global_weemoji = (
+-            "{}/weemoji.json".format(path) for path in (weechat_dir, weechat_sharedir)
+-        )
+-        path = (
+-            global_weemoji
+-            if os.path.exists(global_weemoji) and not os.path.exists(local_weemoji)
+-            else local_weemoji
+-        )
+-        with open(path, "r") as ef:
++        with open("@out@/share/wee-slack/weemoji.json", "r") as ef:
+             emojis = json.loads(ef.read())
+             if "emoji" in emojis:
+                 print_error(