diff --git a/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix b/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix
index facdcae8e266..9e94bb6a4a7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, irrlicht, libpng, bzip2, curl, libogg, jsoncpp
 , libjpeg, libXxf86vm, libGLU, libGL, openal, libvorbis, sqlite, luajit
 , freetype, gettext, doxygen, ncurses, graphviz, xorg, gmp, libspatialindex
-, leveldb, postgresql, hiredis, libiconv, OpenGL, OpenAL ? openal, Carbon, Cocoa
+, leveldb, postgresql, hiredis, libiconv, zlib, libXrandr, libX11, ninja, prometheus-cpp
+, OpenGL, OpenAL ? openal, Carbon, Cocoa
 }:
 
 with lib;
@@ -9,6 +10,21 @@ with lib;
 let
   boolToCMake = b: if b then "ON" else "OFF";
 
+  irrlichtMt = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "irrlichtMt";
+    version = "1.9.0mt4";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "minetest";
+      repo = "irrlicht";
+      rev = version;
+      sha256 = "sha256-YlXn9LrfGkjdb8+zQGDgrInolUYj9nVSF2AXWFpEEkw=";
+    };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+    buildInputs = [ zlib libjpeg libpng libGLU libGL libXrandr libX11 libXxf86vm ];
+    outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+    meta = irrlicht.meta;
+  };
+
   generic = { version, rev ? version, sha256, dataRev ? version, dataSha256, buildClient ? true, buildServer ? false }: let
     sources = {
       src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -30,29 +46,41 @@ let
     src = sources.src;
 
     cmakeFlags = [
+      "-G Ninja"
       "-DBUILD_CLIENT=${boolToCMake buildClient}"
       "-DBUILD_SERVER=${boolToCMake buildServer}"
-      "-DENABLE_FREETYPE=1"
       "-DENABLE_GETTEXT=1"
+      "-DENABLE_SPATIAL=1"
       "-DENABLE_SYSTEM_JSONCPP=1"
-      "-DIRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR=${irrlicht}/include/irrlicht"
+      "-DIRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR=${irrlichtMt.dev}/include/irrlicht"
+
+      # Remove when https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/144170 is fixed
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=bin"
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR=share"
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR=share/doc"
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR=share/doc"
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR=share/man"
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALEDIR=share/locale"
+
     ] ++ optionals buildClient [
       "-DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE=GLVND"
+    ] ++ optionals buildServer [
+      "-DENABLE_PROMETHEUS=1"
     ];
 
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DluaL_reg=luaL_Reg"; # needed since luajit-2.1.0-beta3
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake doxygen graphviz ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake doxygen graphviz ninja ];
 
     buildInputs = [
-      irrlicht luajit jsoncpp gettext freetype sqlite curl bzip2 ncurses
+      irrlichtMt luajit jsoncpp gettext freetype sqlite curl bzip2 ncurses
       gmp libspatialindex
     ] ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
       libiconv OpenGL OpenAL Carbon Cocoa
     ] ++ optionals buildClient [
       libpng libjpeg libGLU libGL openal libogg libvorbis xorg.libX11 libXxf86vm
     ] ++ optionals buildServer [
-      leveldb postgresql hiredis
+      leveldb postgresql hiredis prometheus-cpp
     ];
 
     postInstall = ''
@@ -73,22 +101,13 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  v4 = {
-    version = "0.4.17.1";
-    sha256 = "19sfblgh9mchkgw32n7gdvm7a8a9jxsl9cdlgmxn9bk9m939a2sg";
-    dataSha256 = "1g8iw2pya32ifljbdx6z6rpcinmzm81i9minhi2bi1d500ailn7s";
-  };
-
   v5 = {
-    version = "5.4.1";
-    sha256 = "062ilb7s377q3hwfhl8q06vvcw2raydz5ljzlzwy2dmyzmdcndb8";
-    dataSha256 = "0i45lbnikvgj9kxdp0yphpjjwjcgp4ibn49xkj78j5ic1s9n8jd4";
+    version = "5.5.0";
+    sha256 = "sha256-V+ggqvZibSQrJbrtNCEkmRYHhgSKTQsdBh3c8+t6WeA=";
+    dataSha256 = "sha256-6ZS3EET3nm09eL0czCGadwzon35/EBfAg2KjPX3ZP/0=";
   };
 
 in {
-  minetestclient_4 = generic (v4 // { buildClient = true; buildServer = false; });
-  minetestserver_4 = generic (v4 // { buildClient = false; buildServer = true; });
-
   minetestclient_5 = generic (v5 // { buildClient = true; buildServer = false; });
   minetestserver_5 = generic (v5 // { buildClient = false; buildServer = true; });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/games/minetest/disable_fixup.patch b/pkgs/games/minetest/disable_fixup.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c378d7f83fc..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/minetest/disable_fixup.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -802,7 +802,6 @@
- 		install(CODE "
- 			set(BU_CHMOD_BUNDLE_ITEMS ON)
- 			include(BundleUtilities)
--			fixup_bundle(\"\${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${BUNDLE_PATH}\" \"\" \"\${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${BINDIR}\")
- 		" COMPONENT Runtime)
- 	endif()
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/minetest/fix_wordsize_confusion.patch b/pkgs/games/minetest/fix_wordsize_confusion.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9540a434dafe..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/minetest/fix_wordsize_confusion.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/main.cpp
-+++ b/src/main.cpp
-@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
- 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- */
- 
-+#include <cstdint>
- #include "irrlicht.h" // createDevice
- #include "irrlichttypes_extrabloated.h"
- #include "chat_interface.h"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 637462d344f8..899fe38223be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30969,10 +30969,11 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin) libiconv;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) OpenGL OpenAL Carbon Cocoa;
   })
-    minetestclient_4 minetestserver_4
     minetestclient_5 minetestserver_5;
 
-  minetest = minetestclient_5;
+  minetest = minetestclient;
+  minetestclient = minetestclient_5;
+  minetestserver = minetestserver_5;
 
   mnemosyne = callPackage ../games/mnemosyne {
     python = python3;