diff --git a/local/patches/sddm/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/sddm/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36958ddffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/sddm/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/sddm's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T23:39:43+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/sddm"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./src/helper/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./src/helper/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ include_directories(
+     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common"
+     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/auth"
+-    ${LIBXAU_INCLUDE_DIRS}
++    
+ )
+ include_directories("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/common")
+ 
+--- ./src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
+     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common"
+     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/auth"
+     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/common"
+-    ${LIBXAU_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+-    "${LIBXCB_INCLUDE_DIR}"
++    
+ )
+ 
+ configure_file(config.h.in config.h IMMEDIATE @ONLY)
+@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@
+                       Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::Network
+                       Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::Qml
+                       ${LIBXAU_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+-                      ${LIBXCB_LIBRARIES})
++                      )
+ if(PAM_FOUND)
+     target_link_libraries(sddm ${PAM_LIBRARIES})
+ else()
+--- ./src/greeter/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./src/greeter/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
+ include_directories(
+     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common"
+     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/common"
+-    "${LIBXCB_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+ )
+ 
+ set(GREETER_SOURCES
+@@ -42,8 +41,8 @@
+ add_executable(${GREETER_TARGET} ${GREETER_SOURCES} ${RESOURCES})
+ target_link_libraries(${GREETER_TARGET}
+                       Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::Quick
+-                      ${LIBXCB_LIBRARIES}
+-                      ${LIBXKB_LIBRARIES})
++                      
++                      )
+ 
+ if(JOURNALD_FOUND)
+     target_link_libraries(${GREETER_TARGET} ${JOURNALD_LIBRARIES})
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@
+ find_package(PAM REQUIRED)
+ 
+ # XAU
+-pkg_check_modules(LIBXAU REQUIRED "xau")
++pkg_check_modules(LIBXAU QUIET "xau")
+ 
+ # XCB
+-find_package(XCB REQUIRED)
++find_package(XCB QUIET)
+ 
+ # XKB
+-find_package(XKB REQUIRED)
++find_package(XKB QUIET)
+ 
+ # Qt
+ if(BUILD_WITH_QT6)
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
+     message(STATUS "Building Qt 5 version")
+ endif()
+ 
+-find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} 5.15.0 CONFIG REQUIRED Core DBus Gui Qml Quick LinguistTools Test QuickTest)
++find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} 5.15.0 CONFIG REQUIRED Core Network DBus Gui Qml Quick)
+ 
+ # find qt5 imports dir
+ get_target_property(QMAKE_EXECUTABLE Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::qmake LOCATION)
+@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@
+ add_subdirectory(services)
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ 
+-enable_testing()
+-add_subdirectory(test)
+ 
+ # Display feature summary
+ feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
+--- ./data/translations/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./data/translations/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
+     zh_TW.ts
+ )
+ 
+-qt_add_translation(QM_FILES ${TRANSLATION_FILES})
+ 
+ install(FILES ${QM_FILES} DESTINATION "${COMPONENTS_TRANSLATION_DIR}")
+ 
+--- ./data/themes/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./data/themes/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
+ 
+     set_source_files_properties(${TRANSLATION_SOURCES} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${TRANSLATIONS_DIR}")
+ 
+-    qt_add_translation(QM_FILES "${TRANSLATION_SOURCES}")
+ 
+     install(DIRECTORY "${THEME}" DESTINATION "${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/themes" PATTERN "${THEME}/*.ts"
+             EXCLUDE PATTERN "${THEME}/.gitattributes"
+
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/sddm/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/sddm/recipe.toml
index 7a8cd6ed08..02dd411c6d 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/sddm/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/sddm/recipe.toml
@@ -45,29 +45,12 @@ fi
 
 CROSS_PKGCONFIG="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/bin/x86_64-unknown-redox-pkg-config"
 
-sed -i 's/find_package(XCB REQUIRED)/find_package(XCB QUIET)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/find_package(XKB REQUIRED)/find_package(XKB QUIET)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/pkg_check_modules(LIBXAU REQUIRED "xau")/pkg_check_modules(LIBXAU QUIET "xau")/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}.*CONFIG REQUIRED.*/find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} 5.15.0 CONFIG REQUIRED Core Network DBus Gui Qml Quick)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}Test)/find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}Test QUIET)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/add_subdirectory(test)/d' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/enable_testing/d' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-find "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" -name "CMakeLists.txt" -exec sed -i '/qt_add_translation/d' {} + 2>/dev/null || true
-find "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" -name "CMakeLists.txt" -exec sed -i '/LIBXCB_INCLUDE_DIR/d' {} + 2>/dev/null || true
-find "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" -name "CMakeLists.txt" -exec sed -i 's/${LIBXCB_LIBRARIES}//' {} + 2>/dev/null || true
-find "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" -name "CMakeLists.txt" -exec sed -i 's/${LIBXKB_LIBRARIES}//' {} + 2>/dev/null || true
-find "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" -name "CMakeLists.txt" -exec sed -i 's/${LIBXAU_LIBRARIES}//' {} + 2>/dev/null || true
-find "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" -name "CMakeLists.txt" -exec sed -i 's/${LIBXAU_INCLUDE_DIRS}//' {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/../../../../local/patches/sddm"
+cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
 
 if grep -q 'find_package(LibJournald' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null; then
-    sed -i 's/find_package(LibJournald REQUIRED)/find_package(LibJournald QUIET)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt"
 fi
 
-sed -i '/XAuth\\.cpp/d' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/helper/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/${LIBXAU_LINK_LIBRARIES}//' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/helper/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY)/ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY, NULL)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/helper/UserSession.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/XAuth::writeCookieToFile(display, m_xauthFile.fileName(), cookie)/true/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/helper/UserSession.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/#include "XAuth.h"/d' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/helper/UserSession.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
 python3 "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/remove-x11user-helper.py" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/helper/CMakeLists.txt"
 
 cp -r "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/stubs/"* "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/include/"
diff --git a/local/scripts/edit-kf6-recipes-for-patches.sh b/local/scripts/edit-kf6-recipes-for-patches.sh
index c62c47af14..56d5f51bc0 100755
--- a/local/scripts/edit-kf6-recipes-for-patches.sh
+++ b/local/scripts/edit-kf6-recipes-for-patches.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ recipe_dirs=(
     "local/recipes/kde/kglobalacceld"
     "local/recipes/kde/kirigami"
     "local/recipes/kde/konsole"
+    "local/recipes/kde/sddm"
     "local/recipes/kde/kwin"
     "local/recipes/kde/plasma-desktop"
     "local/recipes/kde/plasma-workspace"
diff --git a/local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh b/local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
index e084c77a89..d8a5b67709 100755
--- a/local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+++ b/local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ recipe_dirs=(
     "local/recipes/kde/kf6-solid"
     "local/recipes/kde/kf6-sonnet"
     "local/recipes/kde/kf6-syntaxhighlighting"
+    "local/recipes/kde/sddm"
     # 7 unclassified (git-sourced or kde/plasma). Their
     # pristine state was snapshotted after a successful
     # `repo fetch`. If the pristine doesn't exist, the