diff --git a/backports/README.md b/backports/README.md
index 119a82f..b359e1c 100644
--- a/backports/README.md
+++ b/backports/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # backports
 This is a nixpkgs overlay that contains temporary fixes for build failures or
 other issues, usually backported from the nixpkgs master branch. Each package
-defined in this overlay shall automatically disable itself once the upstream
-package has been updated.
+defined in this overlay shall automatically disable itself once a certain
+condition is met, such as the upstream package being updated or the nixpkgs
+modification date passing a certain time.
+
+This is in place because I am extremely forgetful; I will almost certainly
+forget to undo a temporary fix later, so this takes care of it for me.
diff --git a/backports/default.nix b/backports/default.nix
index 5a74b8d..6115284 100644
--- a/backports/default.nix
+++ b/backports/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-final: prev:
+nixfiles: final: prev:
 let
-  inherit (final) callPackage fetchFromGitHub;
-  inherit (final.lib) recurseIntoAttrs;
+  inherit (prev) callPackage fetchFromGitHub;
+  inherit (prev.lib) recurseIntoAttrs optionalAttrs;
 
+  # if you can't do version based just make it time based and deal with it in a
+  # month if it's not fixed
+  # 2024-04-10T08:11:11
+  gap-hold = (nixfiles.inputs.nixpkgs-unstable.lastModified <= 1712751071);
   gimpPlugins-gap = let
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "Scrumplex";
@@ -11,6 +15,4 @@ let
       hash="sha256-oat4TwOorFevUMZdBFgaQHx/UKqGW7CGMoOHVgQxVdM="; 
     };
   in recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage "${src}/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins" {});
-in {
-  gimpPlugins = if prev.gimpPlugins.gap.version == "2.6.0" then gimpPlugins-gap else prev.gimpPlugins;
-}
+in (optionalAttrs gap-hold { gimpPlugins = gimpPlugins-gap; })
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c7b004f..6e087bb 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       })
 
       # various temporary fixes that automatically revert
-      (import ./backports)
+      (import ./backports self)
 
       inputs.hyprwm-contrib.overlays.default
       inputs.rust-overlay.overlays.default