diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/default.nix
index b42240a26c4e..c20167138b72 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "accountsservice-${version}";
-  version = "0.6.54";
+  version = "0.6.55";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/accountsservice/accountsservice-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1b115n0a4yfa06kgxc69qfc1rc0w4frgs3id3029czkrhhn0ds96";
+    sha256 = "16wwd633jak9ajyr1f1h047rmd09fhf3kzjz6g5xjsz0lwcj8azz";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig makeWrapper meson ninja python3 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/no-create-dirs.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/no-create-dirs.patch
index ef1a59b0249f..0333f925d267 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/no-create-dirs.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/accountsservice/no-create-dirs.patch
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 diff --git a/meson_post_install.py b/meson_post_install.py
-index ba95055..17f7926 100644
+index 5cc2dc4..dd27ad5 100644
 --- a/meson_post_install.py
 +++ b/meson_post_install.py
 @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ localstatedir = os.path.normpath(destdir + os.sep + sys.argv[1])
  # FIXME: meson will not track the creation of these directories
  #        https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/blob/master/mesonbuild/scripts/uninstall.py#L39
  dst_dirs = [
--  os.path.join(localstatedir, 'lib', 'AccountsService', 'icons'),
--  os.path.join(localstatedir, 'lib', 'AccountsService', 'users'),
-+  #os.path.join(localstatedir, 'lib', 'AccountsService', 'icons'),
-+  #os.path.join(localstatedir, 'lib', 'AccountsService', 'users'),
+-  (os.path.join(localstatedir, 'lib', 'AccountsService', 'icons'), 0o775),
+-  (os.path.join(localstatedir, 'lib', 'AccountsService', 'users'), 0o700),
++#  (os.path.join(localstatedir, 'lib', 'AccountsService', 'icons'), 0o775),
++#  (os.path.join(localstatedir, 'lib', 'AccountsService', 'users'), 0o700),
  ]
  
- for dst_dir in dst_dirs:
+ for (dst_dir, dst_dir_mode) in dst_dirs: