diff --git a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/simple-scan/patches/meson-0.61.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e193747322c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/patches/meson-0.61.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From da6626debe00be1a0660f30cf2bf7629186c01d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: r-value <i@rvalue.moe>
-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 02:43:11 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Remove incorrect i18n.merge_file argument
-
-The positional argument was being silently ignored until meson 0.60.0 where
-it fails with "ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments".
----
- data/meson.build | 6 ++----
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
-index 2b5a0ee3..cf6e4ae1 100644
---- a/data/meson.build
-+++ b/data/meson.build
-@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@ install_data ('org.gnome.SimpleScan.gschema.xml',
-               install_dir: join_paths (datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas'))
- meson.add_install_script ('meson_compile_gschema.py')
- 
--i18n.merge_file ('desktop-file',
--                 input: 'simple-scan.desktop.in',
-+i18n.merge_file (input: 'simple-scan.desktop.in',
-                  output: 'simple-scan.desktop',
-                  install: true,
-                  install_dir: join_paths (datadir, 'applications'),
-                  po_dir: '../po',
-                  type: 'desktop')
- 
--i18n.merge_file ('appdata-file',
--                 input: 'simple-scan.appdata.xml.in',
-+i18n.merge_file (input: 'simple-scan.appdata.xml.in',
-                  output: 'simple-scan.appdata.xml',
-                  install: true,
-                  install_dir: join_paths (datadir, 'metainfo'),
--- 
-GitLab
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/patches/vala-0.56.patch b/srcpkgs/simple-scan/patches/vala-0.56.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0820cee20e4..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/patches/vala-0.56.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From c50802b213c325cfa957d66955f6de96908710d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz@ubuntu.com>
-Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2021 19:46:07 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix accessibility conflict of constant and its value
-
----
- src/simple-scan.vala | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/simple-scan.vala b/src/simple-scan.vala
-index c15a5418..71f32de9 100644
---- a/src/simple-scan.vala
-+++ b/src/simple-scan.vala
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class SimpleScan : Gtk.Application
-     static bool show_version;
-     static bool debug_enabled;
-     static string? fix_pdf_filename = null;
--    public const OptionEntry[] options =
-+    const OptionEntry[] options =
-     {
-         { "version", 'v', 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref show_version,
-           /* Help string for command line --version flag */
--- 
-GitLab
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template b/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
index 50ac5f2ea0b..effd37a933e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'simple-scan'
 pkgname=simple-scan
-version=40.7
+version=42.1
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="gettext glib-devel itstool pkg-config vala"
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ short_desc="GTK Simple scanning utility"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan"
+changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan/-/raw/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=7c551852cb5af7d34aa989f8ad5ede3cbe31828cf8dd5aec2b2b6fdcd1ac3d53
+checksum=859bc0611c1769b5bdaba9639deed359f50474c2eecf58bbbfd7ce21911b2226