diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/patches/meson-0.61.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 248f8d5dced..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/patches/meson-0.61.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- a/data/meson.build
-+++ b/data/meson.build
-@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ desktop_conf.set('appid', characters_application_id)
- desktop_conf.set('bindir', characters_bindir)
- 
- i18n.merge_file(
--  'desktop-file',
-   type: 'desktop',
-   input: configure_file (
-     input: characters_name + '.desktop.in',
-@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ i18n.merge_file(
- )
- 
- appdata_file = i18n.merge_file(
--  'appdata-file',
-   input: characters_name + '.appdata.xml.in',
-   output: characters_application_id + '.appdata.xml',
-   po_dir: po_dir,
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
index 24607f718b1..3814889e1d7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-characters'
 pkgname=gnome-characters
-version=41.0
+version=42.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 hostmakedepends="gettext gjs glib-devel itstool pkg-config"
-makedepends="gjs-devel libglib-devel gtk+3-devel libunistring-devel libhandy1-devel"
-depends="gnome-desktop gjs libhandy1"
+makedepends="gjs-devel libglib-devel gtk4-devel libadwaita-devel libunistring-devel"
+depends="gnome-desktop gjs"
 short_desc="Utility to find and insert unusual characters for GNOME"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=e129eca93d0099490bc2bfe6437e685fd9855e264b32fb918c0e58ee6aac867b
+checksum=5da0ffb816f8a6b44f303744ca827a34080118c1c938d8d79af17b7fe67980f8
 lib32disabled=yes