diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rp/rpcs3/ffmpeg-9-pix-fmts.patch b/pkgs/by-name/rp/rpcs3/ffmpeg-9-pix-fmts.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 31fe8b265a45..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rp/rpcs3/ffmpeg-9-pix-fmts.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/recording_settings_dialog.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/recording_settings_dialog.cpp
---- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/recording_settings_dialog.cpp
-+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/recording_settings_dialog.cpp
-@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ static std::vector<const AVCodec*> get_video_codecs(const AVOutputFormat* fmt)
- 	void* opaque = nullptr;
- 	while (const AVCodec* codec = av_codec_iterate(&opaque))
- 	{
--		if (!codec->pix_fmts)
--			continue;
--
- 		if (codec->capabilities & AV_CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL)
- 			continue;
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rp/rpcs3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rp/rpcs3/package.nix
index 8c664c9e3778..897f24180728 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rp/rpcs3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/rp/rpcs3/package.nix
@@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rpcs3";
-  version = "0.0.40-unstable-2026-04-25";
+  version = "0.0.42-unstable-2026-08-15";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "RPCS3";
     repo = "rpcs3";
-    rev = "96f73f4497fd6fdafd40dc50f24c95c90cd4acc9";
+    rev = "fc93d932c8560f763f5223c0a4165cc53bceeb3f";
     postCheckout = ''
       cd $out/3rdparty
       git submodule update --init \
         fusion/fusion asmjit/asmjit yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp SoundTouch/soundtouch stblib/stb \
         feralinteractive/feralinteractive wolfssl/wolfssl
     '';
-    hash = "sha256-KTF2Oj1p+EplRgWQ/We8mqu60h161/1gniKWjVAvAso=";
+    hash = "sha256-3sGcpYfaxZNa6/CIRxylSf/EL+ievwIeQzEKYDOUNy8=";
   };
 
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ];
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # FFmpeg 9 removed AVCodec.pix_fmts; drop the check (RPCS3/rpcs3@a8dd0535935a).
-    ./ffmpeg-9-pix-fmts.patch
-  ];
-
   preConfigure = ''
     cat > ./rpcs3/git-version.h <<EOF
     #define RPCS3_GIT_VERSION "nixpkgs-${lib.sources.shortRev finalAttrs.src.rev}"