diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d988389..6567604 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/gobject-introspection-1.36.0.tar.xz
+SOURCES/gobject-introspection-1.42.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/.gobject-introspection.metadata b/.gobject-introspection.metadata
index 8365462..ba89ec3 100644
--- a/.gobject-introspection.metadata
+++ b/.gobject-introspection.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8f0945bda62f2bc2a5ce36e8a1ea7d4753ab0517 SOURCES/gobject-introspection-1.36.0.tar.xz
+b3e095004aa8321a5a814aacd019e6953d69c4eb SOURCES/gobject-introspection-1.42.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-scanner-dont-barf-on-anonymous-unions.patch b/SOURCES/0001-scanner-dont-barf-on-anonymous-unions.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ed8f0e1..0000000
--- a/SOURCES/0001-scanner-dont-barf-on-anonymous-unions.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# This patch is a hand edited backport from upstream since RPM is crap
-# and doesn't understand git.
-
-From 305e0bd34a11e06219d1e6a7b7078918d050a4d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:24:06 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] scanner: Don't barf on anonymous unions
-
-I'd like to be able to use this inside GTK+.
-
-See: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=711153
-
-https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=711157
----
- giscanner/maintransformer.py           |  1 +
- tests/scanner/Regress-1.0-expected.gir | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
- tests/scanner/regress.h                | 12 ++++++++++++
- 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
-
---- giscanner/maintransformer.py~	2013-02-19 10:57:45.000000000 -0500
-+++ giscanner/maintransformer.py	2013-10-31 11:18:05.720336577 -0400
-@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@
-         for field in node.fields:
-             if field is None:
-                 continue
--            if (field.name.startswith('_')
-+            if (field.name is not None
-+                and field.name.startswith('_')
-                 and field.anonymous_node is not None
-                 and isinstance(field.anonymous_node, ast.Callback)):
-                 field.introspectable = False
diff --git a/SPECS/gobject-introspection.spec b/SPECS/gobject-introspection.spec
index 9377822..d8f3864 100644
--- a/SPECS/gobject-introspection.spec
+++ b/SPECS/gobject-introspection.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 Name:           gobject-introspection
-Version:        1.36.0
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        1.42.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Introspection system for GObject-based libraries
 
 Group:      Development/Libraries
 License:        GPLv2+, LGPLv2+, MIT
 URL:            http://live.gnome.org/GObjectIntrospection
 #VCS:           git:git://git.gnome.org/gobject-introspection
-Source0:        http://download.gnome.org/sources/gobject-introspection/1.36/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-Patch0:		0001-scanner-dont-barf-on-anonymous-unions.patch
+Source0:        http://download.gnome.org/sources/gobject-introspection/1.42/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 Obsoletes:      gir-repository
 
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ things.
 %package devel
 Summary: Libraries and headers for gobject-introspection
 Group: Development/Libraries
-Requires: %name = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 # Not always, but whatever, it's a tiny dep to pull in
 Requires: libtool
 # For g-ir-doctool
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ Libraries and headers for gobject-introspection
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p0
 
 %build
 (if ! test -x configure; then NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh; fi;)
@@ -96,6 +94,10 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name "*.a" -exec rm -f {} ';'
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gi/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 28 2015 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 1.42.0-1
+- Update to 1.42.0
+- Resolves: #1174439
+
 * Fri Jan 24 2014 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 1.36.0-4
 - Mass rebuild 2014-01-24