diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index a60457e73591e..afee755e43f4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ assert enableGoldDefault -> enableGold;
 let
   inherit (stdenv) buildPlatform hostPlatform targetPlatform;
 
-  version = "2.41";
+  version = "2.42";
 
   srcs = {
     normal = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      hash = "sha256-pMS+wFL3uDcAJOYDieGUN38/SLVmGEGOpRBn9nqqsws=";
+      hash = "sha256-qlSFDr2lBkxyzU7C2bBWwpQlKZFIY1DZqXqypt/frxI=";
     };
     vc4-none = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "itszor";
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or cgit) that are
   # needed here should be included directly in Nixpkgs as files.
   patches = [
-    # Upstream patch to fix llvm testsuite failure when loading powerpc
-    # objects:
-    #   https://sourceware.org/PR30794
-    ./gold-powerpc-for-llvm.patch
-
     # Make binutils output deterministic by default.
     ./deterministic.patch
 
@@ -80,9 +75,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./0001-Revert-libtool.m4-fix-the-NM-nm-over-here-B-option-w.patch
     ./0001-Revert-libtool.m4-fix-nm-BSD-flag-detection.patch
 
-    # Required for newer macos versions
-    ./0001-libtool.m4-update-macos-version-detection-block.patch
-
     # For some reason bfd ld doesn't search DT_RPATH when cross-compiling. It's
     # not clear why this behavior was decided upon but it has the unfortunate
     # consequence that the linker will fail to find transitive dependencies of