diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/patches/meson-0.61.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d9c56f5841..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/patches/meson-0.61.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-From fd0acfbe79444687c73dea182c2d1a5fa1c77324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>
-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:07:31 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] build: remove positional i18n.merge_file arguments
-
-otherwise building with meson 0.61+ fails:
-
-    ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.
----
- data/meson.build | 3 +--
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
-index d32638a8..2dc1798b 100644
---- a/data/meson.build
-+++ b/data/meson.build
-@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ resources = gnome.compile_resources ('org.gnome.Boxes',
- desktop_conf = configuration_data ()
- desktop_conf.set ('icon', application_id)
- desktop = i18n.merge_file (
--  'desktop',
-   input: configure_file (
-     input: files ('org.gnome.Boxes.desktop.in'),
-     output: 'org.gnome.Boxes.desktop.in',
-@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ configure_file (
- 
- appdata_conf = configuration_data()
- appdata_conf.set('appid', application_id)
--appdata_file = i18n.merge_file ('appdata-file',
-+appdata_file = i18n.merge_file (
-   input: configure_file (
-     input: files ('org.gnome.Boxes.appdata.xml.in'),
-     output: 'org.gnome.Boxes.appdata.xml.in',
--- 
-2.34.1
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/template
index ca7bd0ca61a..11c787708f5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-boxes/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-boxes'
 pkgname=gnome-boxes
-version=41.3
+version=42.2
 revision=1
 build_helper="gir"
 build_style=meson
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ makedepends="clutter-gtk-devel freerdp-devel gtk-vnc-devel libarchive-devel
  libglib-devel libgudev-devel libosinfo-devel libsecret-devel libsoup-devel
  libusb-devel libvirt-glib-devel libxml2-devel spice-gtk-devel spice-protocol
  vala-devel webkit2gtk-devel vte3-devel gtksourceview4-devel libhandy1-devel
- tracker3-devel libgcrypt-devel"
-depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme libosinfo libvirt-glib qemu tracker3"
-short_desc="GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems"
+ tracker-devel libgcrypt-devel"
+depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme libosinfo libvirt-glib qemu tracker"
+short_desc="GNOME application to access remote or virtual systems"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes"
-changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GNOME/gnome-boxes/gnome-3-36/NEWS"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9b840680d1e7386fddfd6a15ad4dd0f2cda58efe818cf547837b46ae8bf0e189
+changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/-/raw/gnome-42/NEWS"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=f7c2bca14dcae2838db11fa2c80e23408e3548178af861a0d4d0dcc6a9780015