diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/cheese/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/cheese/default.nix
index 71a582993abf..38754a556938 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/cheese/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/cheese/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , stdenv
 , gettext
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , wrapGAppsHook
 , gnome-video-effects
 , libcanberra-gtk3
@@ -35,23 +34,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cheese";
-  version = "3.38.0";
+  version = "41.0";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "man" "devdoc" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/cheese/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0vyim2avlgq3a48rgdfz5g21kqk11mfb53b2l883340v88mp7ll8";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/cheese/${lib.versions.major version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "EG8d9n4c9Bwqp5yZveZ2rskA2wNstSX6EIObBhh9Ivk=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix build with latest Vala or GLib
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cheese/commit/7cf6268e54620bbbe5e6e61800c50fb0cb4bea57.patch";
-      sha256 = "WJgGNrpZLTahe7Sxr8HdTl+4Mf4VcmJb6DdiInlDcT4=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     appstream-glib
     docbook_xml_dtd_43