diff --git a/overlays/eww.nix b/overlays/eww.nix
index 7846cdc..8d89aa1 100644
--- a/overlays/eww.nix
+++ b/overlays/eww.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ self: super: {
     patches = old.patches ++ [
       # Use normal scroll events instead of smooth scroll ( due to https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675959 )
       ./patches/eww.patch
-      # Backport https://github.com/elkowar/eww/pull/711
-      ./patches/eww-box.patch
     ];
   });
 }
diff --git a/overlays/patches/eww-box.patch b/overlays/patches/eww-box.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bb3dab..0000000
--- a/overlays/patches/eww-box.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-From fba770255dd72db8301b5f51ef50ab59e7746515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=A9clairevoyant?=
- <848000+eclairevoyant@users.noreply.github.com>
-Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:40:36 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] remove box_syntax (#711)
-
-Rust removed support for box_syntax in a recent nightly release :'(
----
- crates/eww/src/main.rs       | 1 -
- crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs | 8 ++++----
- crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs  | 1 -
- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/crates/eww/src/main.rs b/crates/eww/src/main.rs
-index 8e51a626..14bc8190 100644
---- a/crates/eww/src/main.rs
-+++ b/crates/eww/src/main.rs
-@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
- #![feature(trace_macros)]
- #![feature(drain_filter)]
--#![feature(box_syntax)]
- #![feature(box_patterns)]
- #![feature(slice_concat_trait)]
- #![feature(try_blocks)]
-diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs b/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
-index d0b48115..76f811da 100644
---- a/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
-+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
-@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ impl SimplExpr {
-     pub fn try_map_var_refs<E, F: Fn(Span, VarName) -> Result<SimplExpr, E> + Copy>(self, f: F) -> Result<Self, E> {
-         use SimplExpr::*;
-         Ok(match self {
--            BinOp(span, box a, op, box b) => BinOp(span, box a.try_map_var_refs(f)?, op, box b.try_map_var_refs(f)?),
-+            BinOp(span, box a, op, box b) => BinOp(span, Box::new(a.try_map_var_refs(f)?), op, Box::new(b.try_map_var_refs(f)?)),
-             Concat(span, elems) => Concat(span, elems.into_iter().map(|x| x.try_map_var_refs(f)).collect::<Result<_, _>>()?),
--            UnaryOp(span, op, box a) => UnaryOp(span, op, box a.try_map_var_refs(f)?),
-+            UnaryOp(span, op, box a) => UnaryOp(span, op, Box::new(a.try_map_var_refs(f)?)),
-             IfElse(span, box a, box b, box c) => {
--                IfElse(span, box a.try_map_var_refs(f)?, box b.try_map_var_refs(f)?, box c.try_map_var_refs(f)?)
-+                IfElse(span, Box::new(a.try_map_var_refs(f)?), Box::new(b.try_map_var_refs(f)?), Box::new(c.try_map_var_refs(f)?))
-             }
--            JsonAccess(span, box a, box b) => JsonAccess(span, box a.try_map_var_refs(f)?, box b.try_map_var_refs(f)?),
-+            JsonAccess(span, box a, box b) => JsonAccess(span, Box::new(a.try_map_var_refs(f)?), Box::new(b.try_map_var_refs(f)?)),
-             FunctionCall(span, name, args) => {
-                 FunctionCall(span, name, args.into_iter().map(|x| x.try_map_var_refs(f)).collect::<Result<_, _>>()?)
-             }
-diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs b/crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs
-index 205b2989..8a402877 100644
---- a/crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs
-+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/lib.rs
-@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
- #![feature(box_patterns)]
- #![feature(pattern)]
--#![feature(box_syntax)]
- #![feature(try_blocks)]
- #![feature(unwrap_infallible)]
- #![feature(never_type)]