diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
index 76b9b37456e2..a10cd7de5a34 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-{cabal, X11, mtl, xmessage, syb}:
+{ cabal, extensibleExceptions, mtl, utf8String, X11 }:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "xmonad";
-  name = "${self.fname}";
-  version = "0.9.2";
-  sha256 = "07w5k3pqmybjn0zh2nr1glp69685xg2fhj3z9zxb37x5nzss7kdd";
+  version = "0.10";
+  sha256 = "19z5y36pybsm93x6hlj5hzyys9r4ag7hkdib5spsnryk2mv72xj6";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [ extensibleExceptions mtl utf8String X11 ];
   noHaddock = true;
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [X11 mtl syb];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://xmonad.org";
     description = "A tiling window manager";
@@ -17,9 +18,4 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
       self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
     ];
   };
-
-  preConfigure = '' 
-    substituteInPlace XMonad/Core.hs --replace \
-      '"xmessage"' '"${xmessage}/bin/xmessage"'
-  '';
 })