diff --git a/x11-misc/phosh-mobile-settings/files/0001-Make-gmobile-not-dep-on-the-subproject.patch b/x11-misc/phosh-mobile-settings/files/0001-Make-gmobile-not-dep-on-the-subproject.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed690cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-misc/phosh-mobile-settings/files/0001-Make-gmobile-not-dep-on-the-subproject.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 2e70da4f71e2966aa2107755d476973b0caa5026 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Gerben Jan Dijkman <gjdijkman@gjdwebserver.nl>
+Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 23:30:17 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Make gmobile not dep on the subproject
+
+---
+ meson.build | 8 +-------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 23959bb..8708f07 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -29,13 +29,7 @@ glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version: glib_ver_cmp)
+ gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_ver_cmp)
+ gio_unix_dep =  dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: glib_ver_cmp)
+ gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0', version: glib_ver_cmp)
+-gmobile = subproject('gmobile',
+-  default_options: [
+-    'examples=false',
+-    'gtk_doc=false',
+-    'tests=false',
+-  ])
+-gmobile_dep = gmobile.get_variable('gmobile_dep')
++gmobile_dep = dependency('gmobile', version: >=0.6.0)
+ gsound_dep = dependency('gsound')
+ gtk_dep = dependency('gtk4', version: gtk_ver_cmp)
+ gtk_wayland_dep = dependency('gtk4-wayland', version: gtk_ver_cmp)
+-- 
+2.44.1
+
diff --git a/x11-misc/phosh-mobile-settings/phosh-mobile-settings-0.39.0.ebuild b/x11-misc/phosh-mobile-settings/phosh-mobile-settings-0.39.0.ebuild
index d8fc4a9..4c8fa8b 100755
--- a/x11-misc/phosh-mobile-settings/phosh-mobile-settings-0.39.0.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/phosh-mobile-settings/phosh-mobile-settings-0.39.0.ebuild
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-v${PV}"
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/0001-Make-gmobile-not-dep-on-the-subproject.patch" )
+
 src_prepare() {
 	default
-	rm -r "${S}"/subprojects/gmobile.wrap || die
-	rm -r "${S}"/subprojects/libadwaita.wrap || die
 }
 
 src_install() {