diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/0001-no-qtgui-darwin-bundle.patch b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/0001-no-qtgui-darwin-bundle.patch
index 1f3a71fb3c9b..166700c2d077 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/0001-no-qtgui-darwin-bundle.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/0001-no-qtgui-darwin-bundle.patch
@@ -1,39 +1,28 @@
-From 9a0102fe1da038ebe08107ead991964df11b0271 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: annalee <150648636+a-n-n-a-l-e-e@users.noreply.github.com>
-Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:31:20 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] no qtgui darwin bundle
-
----
- qtgui/recoll.pro.in | 11 +++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/qtgui/recoll.pro.in b/qtgui/recoll.pro.in
-index a0ef314..6dbc3b5 100644
 --- a/qtgui/recoll.pro.in
 +++ b/qtgui/recoll.pro.in
-@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ windows {
-   }
+@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
+     }
  }
  
--macx: {
+-macx:macxbundlebuild() {
 +if (false) {
-   QCBUILDLOC=Qt_6_4_2_for_macOS
- 
-   # QT += webkit webkitwidgets
-@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ macx: {
+   QCBUILDLOC=Qt_6_7_3_for_macOS
+   RECOLLDEPS = $$PWD/../../..
+   QMAKE_APPLE_DEVICE_ARCHS = x86_64 arm64
+@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
    QMAKE_BUNDLE_DATA = APP_EXAMPLES APP_EXAMPLES_MAC APP_FILTERS APP_IMAGES APP_DOC
  }
  
--unix:!macx {
+-unix:!macxbundlebuild() {
 +unix {
  
  VPATH = @srcdir@
- 
-@@ -400,6 +400,13 @@ VPATH = @srcdir@
+ # For SingleApplication
+@@ -425,6 +425,13 @@
    SOURCES += crontool.cpp \
          rtitool.cpp
  
-+  macx {
++  macxbundlebuild() {
 +    SOURCES += ../utils/closefrom.cpp \
 +    ../utils/execmd.cpp \
 +    ../utils/netcon.cpp \
@@ -43,6 +32,3 @@ index a0ef314..6dbc3b5 100644
    FORMS  += crontool.ui \
          rtitool.ui
  
--- 
-2.43.0
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
index bad287cc9153..21911c93390d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ in
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "recoll";
-  version = "1.39.1";
+  version = "1.43.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.recoll.org/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-Eeadj/AnuztCb7VIYEy4hKbduH3CzK53tADvI9+PWmQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-FbDXknumjktcikOfAe4FKtPmggJGGHasq8dpD+8mNzE=";
   };
 
   mesonFlags =
@@ -107,13 +107,10 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     ];
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
-    "-DNIXPKGS"
     "-fpermissive" # libxml2-2.12 changed const qualifiers
   ];
 
   patches = [
-    # fix "No/bad main configuration file" error
-    ./fix-datadir.patch
     # use the same configure based build for darwin as linux
     ./0001-no-qtgui-darwin-bundle.patch
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/fix-datadir.patch b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/fix-datadir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d5471b636e8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/fix-datadir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/utils/rclutil.cpp b/utils/rclutil.cpp
-index 6bafc119..d997cd17 100644
---- a/utils/rclutil.cpp
-+++ b/utils/rclutil.cpp
-@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ const string& path_pkgdatadir()
-         "a subfolder of the installation directory. \n"
-         "Please set the RECOLL_DATADIR environment variable to point to it\n"
-         "(e.g. setx RECOLL_DATADIR \"C:/Program Files (X86)/Recoll/Share)\"\n";
--#elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(RECOLL_AS_MAC_BUNDLE)
-+#elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(RECOLL_AS_MAC_BUNDLE) && defined(NIXPKGS)
-     // The package manager builds (Macports, Homebrew, Nixpkgs ...) all arrange to set a proper
-     // compiled value for RECOLL_DATADIR. We can't do this when building a native bundle with
-     // QCreator, in which case we use the executable location.