diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-text-editor/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-text-editor/default.nix
index 22f9ac176aad..3a8dde63190b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-text-editor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-text-editor/default.nix
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-text-editor";
-  version = "41.1";
+  version = "42.alpha2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-text-editor/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-YZ7FINbgkF1DEWcCTkPc4Nv2o0Xy1IaTUB1w3HYm+GE=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-EN0zMEv/ij3fBwHaU5gB5s0SmVJ5rw4kWNI3P90LXoo=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pcre
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    chmod +x build-aux/meson/postinstall.py
-    patchShebangs build-aux/meson/postinstall.py
-    substituteInPlace build-aux/meson/postinstall.py \
-      --replace "gtk-update-icon-cache" "gtk4-update-icon-cache"
-  '';
-
-
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
       packageName = "gnome-text-editor";