diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
index 9af7de8b35e4..043ea44bb8c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, bash-completion
 , glib, polkit, pkgconfig, gettext, gusb, lcms2, sqlite, systemd, dbus
-, gobjectIntrospection, argyllcms, meson, ninja, libxml2, vala_0_38
+, gobjectIntrospection, argyllcms, meson, ninja, libxml2, vala_0_40
 , libgudev, sane-backends, udev, gnome3, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "colord-1.4.1";
+  name = "colord-1.4.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/releases/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0m854clp8szvq38z16jpazzlqfb3lb3icxcfnsisfrc25748y1ib";
+    sha256 = "19zc9gldz469jshl16av7na459kwr5nhvs2pz98xm5lw582xaw2c";
   };
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Denable-sane=true"
     "-Denable-vala=true"
@@ -23,19 +21,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Denable-docs=false"
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    ./fix-build-paths.patch
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson pkgconfig vala_0_40 ninja gettext libxml2 gobjectIntrospection makeWrapper ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson pkgconfig vala_0_38 ninja gettext libxml2 gobjectIntrospection makeWrapper ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ glib polkit gusb lcms2 sqlite systemd dbus
-                  bash-completion argyllcms libgudev sane-backends ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib polkit gusb lcms2 sqlite systemd dbus bash-completion argyllcms libgudev sane-backends ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
   '';
 
+  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDSYSTEMUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system";
+  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDUSERUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user";
+  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_TMPFILESDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/tmpfiles.d";
+  PKG_CONFIG_BASH_COMPLETION_COMPLETIONSDIR= "${placeholder "out"}/share/bash-completion/completions";
+  PKG_CONFIG_UDEV_UDEVDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev";
+
   postFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/libexec/colord-session" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH:$out/share" \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/fix-build-paths.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/fix-build-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d4bf0f36ad74..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/fix-build-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
---- a/contrib/session-helper/meson.build
-+++ b/contrib/session-helper/meson.build
-@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
-     output : 'colord-session.service',
-     configuration : con2,
-     install: true,
--    install_dir: systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemduserunitdir'),
-+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'systemd', 'user'),
-   )
- endif
- 
---- a/data/meson.build
-+++ b/data/meson.build
-@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
- 
- if get_option('enable-systemd')
-   install_data('colord.conf',
--    install_dir: systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('tmpfilesdir')
-+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'lib', 'tmpfiles.d')
-   )
- endif
- 
- if get_option('enable-bash-completion')
-   install_data('colormgr',
--    install_dir: bash_completion.get_pkgconfig_variable('completionsdir')
-+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'bash_completion.d')
-   )
- endif
- 
-@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
-     output : 'colord.service',
-     configuration : con2,
-     install: true,
--    install_dir: systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemdsystemunitdir'),
-+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'systemd', 'system'),
-   )
- endif
- 
-@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@
-   output : 'org.freedesktop.ColorManager.conf',
-   configuration : con2,
-   install: true,
--  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'dbus-1', 'system.d') ,
-+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'dbus-1', 'system.d') ,
- )
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -258,6 +258,3 @@
- subdir('policy')
- subdir('rules')
- subdir('src')
--
--meson.add_install_script('meson_post_install.sh',
--                         localstatedir, get_option('with-daemon-user'))
---- a/rules/meson.build
-+++ b/rules/meson.build
-@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
-     sensor_rules_in,
-     '95-cd-devices.rules',
-   ],
--  install_dir : join_paths(udev.get_pkgconfig_variable('udevdir'), 'rules.d')
-+  install_dir : join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'lib', 'udev', 'rules.d')
- )
---- a/src/plugins/meson.build
-+++ b/src/plugins/meson.build
-@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
-     install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'colord-plugins'),
-     c_args : [
-       cargs,
--      '-DCOLORD_SANE_BINARY="' + join_paths(get_option('libexecdir'), 'colord-sane' + '"'),
-+      '-DCOLORD_SANE_BINARY="' + join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'), 'colord-sane' + '"'),
-     ],
-     dependencies : [
-       gio,