diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/golly/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/golly/default.nix
index 8814b33c4b14..52b05cbb7e9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/golly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/golly/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {lib, stdenv, fetchurl, wxGTK, perl, python3, zlib, libGLU, libGL, libX11, SDL2}:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "golly";
-  version = "4.1";
+  version = "4.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    sha256 = "1j30dpzy6wh8fv1j2750hzc6wb0nhk83knl9fapccxgxw9n5lrbc";
+    hash = "sha256-VpEoqSPaZMP/AGIYZAbk5R/f8Crqvx8pKYN1O9Bl6V0=";
     url="mirror://sourceforge/project/golly/golly/golly-${version}/golly-${version}-src.tar.gz";
   };
 
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -e '/gollydir =/agollydir += "/../share/golly/";' -i wxgolly.cpp
-    grep share/golly wxgolly.cpp
-
     sed -e 's@PYTHON_SHLIB@${python3}/lib/libpython3.so@' -i wxprefs.cpp
     sed -e 's@PERL_SHLIB@'"$(find "${perl}/lib/" -name libperl.so)"'@' -i wxprefs.cpp
     ! grep _SHLIB *.cpp
@@ -31,6 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   makeFlags=[
     "-f" "makefile-gtk"
     "ENABLE_SOUND=1" "ENABLE_PERL=1"
+    "GOLLYDIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/golly"
   ];
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3349c0fb23c6..60f45252c1f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -40126,7 +40126,15 @@ with pkgs;
   gravit = callPackage ../applications/science/astronomy/gravit { };
 
   golly = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/golly {
-    wxGTK = wxGTK32;
+    wxGTK = wxGTK32.overrideAttrs (x: {
+      configureFlags = x.configureFlags ++ [
+        "--enable-webrequest"
+      ];
+      buildInputs = x.buildInputs ++ [
+        curl
+      ];
+    });
+    perl = perl536;
   };
 
   megam = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/megam { };