diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gs/gsoap/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gs/gsoap/package.nix
index af156cdb3726..04aa2185bb39 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gs/gsoap/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gs/gsoap/package.nix
@@ -13,17 +13,16 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  majorVersion = "2.8";
   isCross = stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform;
 
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gsoap";
-  version = "${majorVersion}.108";
+  version = "2.8.142";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/gsoap2/gsoap-${majorVersion}/gsoap_${finalAttrs.version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "0x58bwlclk7frv03kg8bp0pm7zl784samvbzskrnr7dl5v866nvl";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/gsoap2/gsoap_${finalAttrs.version}.zip";
+    hash = "sha256-bXGWvWWR7Cl3R0xoHjUbSjPrXC1kyeLmcnsATzMLN1I=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -40,11 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # Parallel building doesn't work as of 2.8.49
   enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
-  # Future versions of automake require subdir-objects if the source is structured this way
-  # As of 2.8.49 (maybe earlier) this is needed to silence warnings
   prePatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace configure.ac \
-      --replace 'AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])' 'AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])'
     ${lib.optionalString isCross ''
       substituteInPlace gsoap/wsdl/Makefile.am \
         --replace-fail 'SOAP=$(top_builddir)/gsoap/src/soapcpp2$(EXEEXT)' 'SOAP=${lib.getExe' buildPackages.gsoap "soapcpp2"}'