diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/newsboat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/newsboat/package.nix
index 477fdd0d8a7f..a2e87e041013 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/newsboat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/newsboat/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   cargo,
   rustc,
   stfl,
@@ -22,32 +21,20 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "newsboat";
-  version = "2.41";
+  version = "2.42";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "newsboat";
     repo = "newsboat";
     tag = "r${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-LhEhbK66OYwAD/pel81N7Hgh/xEvnFR8GlZzgqZIe5M=";
+    hash = "sha256-ZBqYxAX2jPaRycdw7BbhySt2uviICadT/5Z5WZqsqJM=";
   };
 
   cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
-    hash = "sha256-CyhyzNw2LXwIVf/SX2rQRvEex5LmjZfZKgCe88jthz0=";
+    hash = "sha256-T6zBr3LoOkPLVkBvfhUdqs7iF2I6fRTZo+uMsrnv+5g=";
   };
 
-  # fix macOS build
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/commit/4139a0ba1ec87e442ef1408823b07fc739742f9d.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-zdtdpUQGATq/9w+hAY/Va9Ob95c8VT2D9aKFmAF+O0c=";
-    })
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/commit/4eb748b6b6b63acddb3582e012442e519e8704ea.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-A/0WbuMIapTsLoziUPr95ZctIr2hW7JOJSdMVaWayYI=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   # allow other ncurses versions on Darwin
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
     substituteInPlace config.sh --replace-fail "ncurses5.4" "ncurses"