diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e945e744d..4377e84fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Enhancements & fixes
 
+- [PR #1186](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/pull/1186) - Properly update qualimap/rnaseq module (ie not patch)
+
 ### Parameters
 
 ### Software dependencies
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index 113f5139f..67970abf1 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -90,9 +90,8 @@
                     },
                     "qualimap/rnaseq": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "4657d98bc9f565e067c4d924126ce107056f5e2f",
-                        "installed_by": ["modules"],
-                        "patch": "modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/qualimap-rnaseq.diff"
+                        "git_sha": "3902a0cfeb7a4bc12872371d1bea93aba692243b",
+                        "installed_by": ["modules"]
                     },
                     "rsem/calculateexpression": {
                         "branch": "master",
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..590ae85f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: qualimap_rnaseq
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - bioconda
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - bioconda::qualimap=2.3
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/main.nf
index b8a370973..4411d8689 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/main.nf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ process QUALIMAP_RNASEQ {
     tag "$meta.id"
     label 'process_medium'
 
-    conda "bioconda::qualimap=2.3"
+    conda "${moduleDir}/environment.yml"
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
         'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/qualimap:2.3--hdfd78af_0' :
         'biocontainers/qualimap:2.3--hdfd78af_0' }"
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/meta.yml
index 7738f08d8..6f766e4f5 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/meta.yml
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ output:
       pattern: "versions.yml"
 authors:
   - "@FriederikeHanssen"
+maintainers:
+  - "@FriederikeHanssen"
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/qualimap-rnaseq.diff b/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/qualimap-rnaseq.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 48f498081..000000000
--- a/modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/qualimap-rnaseq.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Changes in module 'nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq'
---- modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/main.nf
-+++ modules/nf-core/qualimap/rnaseq/main.nf
-@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
-     tag "$meta.id"
-     label 'process_medium'
- 
--    conda "bioconda::qualimap=2.2.2d"
-+    conda "bioconda::qualimap=2.3"
-     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
--        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/qualimap:2.2.2d--1' :
--        'biocontainers/qualimap:2.2.2d--1' }"
-+        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/qualimap:2.3--hdfd78af_0' :
-+        'biocontainers/qualimap:2.3--hdfd78af_0' }"
- 
-     input:
-     tuple val(meta), path(bam)
-
-************************************************************