diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/default.nix
index 30fdbadd87b..6b3afc1d63c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ let
   s = # Generated upstream information
   rec {
     baseName="firejail";
-    version="0.9.42";
+    version="0.9.44.2";
     name="${baseName}-${version}";
-    hash="0iwv97c0ygxrgxg997618a7cq3hl1l3b0njx7bqzv11vjzpcwfsg";
-    url="mirror://sourceforge/project/firejail/firejail/firejail-0.9.42.tar.xz";
-    sha256="0iwv97c0ygxrgxg997618a7cq3hl1l3b0njx7bqzv11vjzpcwfsg";
+    hash="0lc8vq6lj0669q4vx08m3dzqjayhl0cmm7n3qi4k18ys8ccyzbf5";
+    url="https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/firejail/firejail/firejail-0.9.44.2.tar.xz";
+    sha256="0lc8vq6lj0669q4vx08m3dzqjayhl0cmm7n3qi4k18ys8ccyzbf5";
   };
   buildInputs = [
     which
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -e 's@/bin/bash@${stdenv.shell}@g' -i $( grep -lr /bin/bash .)
     sed -e "s@/bin/cp@$(which cp)@g" -i $( grep -lr /bin/cp .)
-    sed -e '/void fs_var_run(/achar *vrcs = get_link("/var/run/current-system")\;' -i ./src/firejail/fs_var.c
-    sed -e '/ \/run/iif(vrcs!=NULL){symlink(vrcs, "/var/run/current-system")\;free(vrcs)\;}' -i ./src/firejail/fs_var.c
   '';
 
   preBuild = ''