diff --git a/pkgs/cloud-hypervisor-gpu.nix b/pkgs/cloud-hypervisor-gpu.nix
index 27cc554..a99ce6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/cloud-hypervisor-gpu.nix
+++ b/pkgs/cloud-hypervisor-gpu.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  inherit (lib) optionals optionalString;
+  inherit (lib) optionals optionalAttrs optionalString;
   spectrum = builtins.fetchTree {
     url = "https://spectrum-os.org/git/spectrum";
     type = "git";
@@ -36,18 +36,14 @@ cloud-hypervisor.overrideAttrs (
     };
     previouslyPatched = oldAttrs ? spectrumPatches;
     patchPhases = !previouslyPatched;
-    overridePatches =
-      lib.versionOlder oldAttrs.spectrumPatches.version or "2000-00-00"
-        spectrumPatches.version;
+    isNewer = lib.versionOlder oldAttrs.spectrumPatches.version or "2000-00-00" spectrumPatches.version;
     oldPatches = oldAttrs.spectrumPatches.patches or [ ];
     removeAll = removeElts: lst: builtins.filter (x: !(builtins.elem x removeElts)) lst;
   in
-  {
-    passthru =
-      oldAttrs.passthru or { }
-      // lib.optionalAttrs overridePatches {
-        inherit spectrumPatches;
-      };
+  optionalAttrs isNewer {
+    passthru = oldAttrs.passthru or { } // {
+      inherit spectrumPatches;
+    };
     # Verbatim from spectrum
     postUnpack =
       oldAttrs.postUnpack or ""
@@ -55,14 +51,14 @@ cloud-hypervisor.overrideAttrs (
         unpackFile $vhost
         chmod -R +w vhost
       '';
-    vhost = if overridePatches then spectrumPatches.vhost else oldAttrs.vhost or null;
+    inherit (spectrumPatches) vhost;
 
-    patches =
-      removeAll oldPatches (oldAttrs.patches or [ ]) ++ optionals overridePatches spectrumPatches.patches;
+    patches = removeAll oldPatches (oldAttrs.patches or [ ]) ++ spectrumPatches.patches;
+    inherit (spectrumPatches) vhostPatches;
     # Verbatim copy from spectrum
     postPatch =
       oldAttrs.postPatch or ""
-      + optionalString (!previouslyPatched) ''
+      + optionalString patchPhases ''
         pushd ../vhost
         for patch in $vhostPatches; do
             echo applying patch $patch