diff --git a/nixos/tests/musescore.nix b/nixos/tests/musescore.nix
index 6aeb0558a49d..0720631ed284 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/musescore.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/musescore.nix
@@ -63,14 +63,11 @@ in
 
     machine.send_key("tab")
     machine.send_key("tab")
-    machine.send_key("tab")
-    machine.send_key("tab")
-    machine.send_key("right")
-    machine.send_key("right")
     machine.send_key("ret")
 
-    machine.sleep(1)
+    machine.sleep(2)
 
+    machine.send_key("tab")
     # Type the beginning of https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alle_meine_Entchen
     machine.send_chars("cdef6gg5aaaa7g")
     machine.sleep(1)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
index d42117e1babe..3dbb9c7884f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/musescore/default.nix
@@ -48,35 +48,14 @@ let
   } else portaudio;
 in stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "musescore";
-  version = "4.1.1";
+  version = "4.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "musescore";
     repo = "MuseScore";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-jXievVIA0tqLdKLy6oPaOHPIbDoFstveEQBri9M0Aoo=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-vNA1VPCHLt5kuhIix8kgeq1VlbuIX1lOY3nJaufvuyc=";
   };
-  patches = [
-    # Upstream from some reason wants to install qml files from qtbase in
-    # installPhase, this patch removes this behavior. See:
-    # https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/18665
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/doronbehar/MuseScore/commit/f48448a3ede46f5a7ef470940072fbfb6742487c.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-UEc7auscnW0KMfWkLKQtm+UstuTNsuFeoNJYIidIlwM=";
-    })
-    # Upstream removed the option to use system freetype library in v4.1.0,
-    # causing the app to crash on systems when the outdated bundled freetype
-    # tries to load the Noto Sans font. For more info on the crash itself,
-    # see #244409 and https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/18795.
-    # For now, re-add the option ourselves. The fix has been merged upstream,
-    # so we can remove this patch with the next version. In the future, we
-    # may replace the other bundled thirdparty libs with system libs, see
-    # https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/11572.
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/commit/9ab6b32b1c3b990cfa7bb172ee8112521dc2269c.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-5GA29Z+o3I/uDTTDbkauZ8/xSdCE6yY93phMSY0ea7s=";
-    })
-  ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DMUSESCORE_BUILD_MODE=release"