diff --git a/mingw-w64-zeromq/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-zeromq/PKGBUILD
index 45186e257d..6cf03dd9a9 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-zeromq/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-zeromq/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 _realname=zeromq
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=4.1.4
+pkgver=4.2.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Fast messaging system built on sockets, C and C++ bindings. aka 0MQ, ZMQ (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -11,22 +11,9 @@ url="http://www.zeromq.org"
 license=("LGPL")
 depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libsodium")
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc")
-options=('staticlibs' '!strip' '!buildflags')
-source=("http://download.zeromq.org/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
-        winxp-compatibility.patch
-        includes-consistent.patch
-        mingw-w64-cmake.patch)
-sha256sums=('e99f44fde25c2e4cb84ce440f87ca7d3fe3271c2b8cfbc67d55e4de25e6fe378'
-            '1c8f0ff16474dfdcf721769e23d91789d9faceac59fd12eb252a7c2d7bf00200'
-            '4cda5346087bd9f9d2f15249741e7b4593e2b2617177a1ba5a623f3e39485127'
-            'dd7360847b9e15d44ba0d6b96ee3bafaa96d0823c8c3240edbff6ab869481621')
-
-prepare() {
-  cd ${_realname}-${pkgver}
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/winxp-compatibility.patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/includes-consistent.patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/mingw-w64-cmake.patch
-}
+options=('staticlibs' 'strip' '!buildflags')
+source=("https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v${pkgver}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
+sha256sums=('27d1e82a099228ee85a7ddb2260f40830212402c605a4a10b5e5498a7e0e9d03')
 
 build() {
   [[ -d "${srcdir}"/build-${CARCH} ]] && rm -rf "${srcdir}"/build-${CARCH}
diff --git a/mingw-w64-zeromq/includes-consistent.patch b/mingw-w64-zeromq/includes-consistent.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d419a5c0..0000000000
--- a/mingw-w64-zeromq/includes-consistent.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-From 25ce52e4492d286a2d99df7ba401fe7fb344d9c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Pieter Hintjens <ph@imatix.com>
-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:01:52 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Problem: tcp_address.cpp has messy include usage
-
-It's all over the place.
-
-Solution: remove duplicates and try to move main includes to start
-of source. Also, include net/if.h always, so that the code will
-compile if ZMQ_HAVE_IFADDRS isn't defined.
----
- src/tcp_address.cpp | 17 ++++-------------
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/tcp_address.cpp b/src/tcp_address.cpp
-index 73770b9..e896b37 100644
---- a/src/tcp_address.cpp
-+++ b/src/tcp_address.cpp
-@@ -32,26 +32,23 @@
- #include <sstream>
- 
- #include "tcp_address.hpp"
--#include "platform.hpp"
- #include "stdint.hpp"
- #include "err.hpp"
- #include "ip.hpp"
- 
--#ifdef ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS
--#include "windows.hpp"
--#else
-+#ifndef ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <arpa/inet.h>
- #include <netinet/tcp.h>
-+#include <net/if.h>
- #include <netdb.h>
-+#include <ctype.h>
-+#include <unistd.h>
-+#include <stdlib.h>
- #endif
- 
- #ifdef ZMQ_HAVE_SOLARIS
--
- #include <sys/sockio.h>
--#include <net/if.h>
--#include <unistd.h>
--#include <stdlib.h>
- 
- //  On Solaris platform, network interface name can be queried by ioctl.
- int zmq::tcp_address_t::resolve_nic_name (const char *nic_, bool ipv6_, bool is_src_)
-@@ -116,11 +112,7 @@ int zmq::tcp_address_t::resolve_nic_name (const char *nic_, bool ipv6_, bool is_
- }
- 
- #elif defined ZMQ_HAVE_AIX || defined ZMQ_HAVE_HPUX || defined ZMQ_HAVE_ANDROID
--
--#include <sys/types.h>
--#include <unistd.h>
- #include <sys/ioctl.h>
--#include <net/if.h>
- 
- int zmq::tcp_address_t::resolve_nic_name (const char *nic_, bool ipv6_, bool is_src_)
- {
-@@ -182,7 +174,6 @@ int zmq::tcp_address_t::resolve_nic_name (const char *nic_, bool ipv6_, bool is_
-     && defined ZMQ_HAVE_IFADDRS)
- 
- #include <ifaddrs.h>
--#include <net/if.h>
- 
- //  On these platforms, network interface name can be queried
- //  using getifaddrs function.
diff --git a/mingw-w64-zeromq/mingw-w64-cmake.patch b/mingw-w64-zeromq/mingw-w64-cmake.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 71d015b7aa..0000000000
--- a/mingw-w64-zeromq/mingw-w64-cmake.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
-   option(ZMQ_BUILD_FRAMEWORK "Build as OS X framework" ON)
- endif()
- 
--if(WIN32)
-+if(MSVC)
- option(WITH_TWEETNACL "Build with tweetnacl" OFF)
- else()
- option(WITH_TWEETNACL "Build with tweetnacl" ON)
diff --git a/mingw-w64-zeromq/winxp-compatibility.patch b/mingw-w64-zeromq/winxp-compatibility.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f80e10bbcc..0000000000
--- a/mingw-w64-zeromq/winxp-compatibility.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/tcp_address.cpp b/src/tcp_address.cpp
-index e987eb8..53e93c6 100644
---- a/src/tcp_address.cpp
-+++ b/src/tcp_address.cpp
-@@ -450,13 +450,23 @@ int zmq::tcp_address_t::resolve (const char *name_, bool local_, bool ipv6_, boo
-         std::string if_str = addr_str.substr(pos + 1);
-         addr_str = addr_str.substr(0, pos);
-         if (isalpha (if_str.at (0)))
-+#if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600
-             zone_id = if_nametoindex(if_str.c_str());
-+#else
-+            // The function 'if_nametoindex' is not supported on Windows XP.
-+            // If we are targeting XP using a vxxx_xp toolset then fail.
-+            // This is brutal as this code could be run on later windows clients
-+            // meaning the IPv6 zone_id cannot have an interface name.
-+            // This could be fixed with a runtime check.
-+            zone_id = 0;
-+#endif
-         else
-             zone_id = (uint32_t) atoi (if_str.c_str ());
-         if (zone_id == 0) {
-             errno = EINVAL;
-             return -1;
-         }
-+
-     }
- 
-     //  Allow 0 specifically, to detect invalid port error in atoi if not