diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/fix-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f4a541210880..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/fix-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru3 cdrtools-3.01-old/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux cdrtools-3.01/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux
---- cdrtools-3.01-old/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux	2015-12-11 17:37:21.505848835 +0300
-+++ cdrtools-3.01/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux	2015-12-11 17:37:32.155828925 +0300
-@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
- # Installation config stuff
- #
- ###########################################################################
--INS_BASE=	/opt/schily
-+#INS_BASE=	/opt/schily
-+INS_BASE=	$(out)
- INS_KBASE=	/
- INS_RBASE=	/
- #
-Only in cdrtools-3.01/DEFAULTS: Defaults.linux.orig
-diff -ru3 cdrtools-3.01-old/RULES/rules.prg cdrtools-3.01/RULES/rules.prg
---- cdrtools-3.01-old/RULES/rules.prg	2015-12-11 17:37:21.500848844 +0300
-+++ cdrtools-3.01/RULES/rules.prg	2015-12-11 17:38:29.890720987 +0300
-@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
- #
- #SHELL=		/bin/sh
- 
--LN=		/bin/ln
--SYMLINK=	/bin/ln -s
--RM=		/bin/rm
--MV=		/bin/mv
-+LN=		ln
-+SYMLINK=	ln -s
-+RM=		rm
-+MV=		mv
- LORDER=		lorder
- TSORT=		tsort
- CTAGS=		vctags
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/cdrtools/default.nix
similarity index 58%
rename from pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
rename to pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/cdrtools/default.nix
index 20bfe727f6d3..f4f07143a207 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/cd-dvd/cdrtools/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, acl, libcap, Carbon, IOKit }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4, acl, libcap, Carbon, IOKit }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cdrtools";
-  version = "3.02a06";
+  version = "3.02a09";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/cdrtools/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1cayhfbhj5g2vgmkmq5scr23k0ka5fsn0dhn0n9yllj386csnygd";
+    sha256 = "10ayj48jax2pvsv6j5gybwfsx7b74zdjj84znwag7wwf8n7l6a5a";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./fix-paths.patch ];
-
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 ];
   buildInputs = if stdenv.isDarwin then [ Carbon IOKit ] else [ acl libcap ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed "/\.mk3/d" -i libschily/Targets.man
     substituteInPlace man/Makefile --replace "man4" ""
+    substituteInPlace RULES/rules.prg --replace "/bin/" ""
   '';
 
   dontConfigure = true;
 
-  GMAKE_NOWARN = true;
+  makeFlags = [ "GMAKE_NOWARN=true" "INS_BASE=/" "INS_RBASE=/" "DESTDIR=${placeholder "out"}" ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "INS_BASE=/" "INS_RBASE=/" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = false; # parallel building fails on some linux machines
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrtools/;
+    homepage = "http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/cdrecord.html";
     description = "Highly portable CD/DVD/BluRay command line recording software";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl2 cddl ];
+    license = with licenses; [ cddl gpl2 lgpl21 ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     # Licensing issues: This package contains code licensed under CDDL, GPL2
     # and LGPL2. There is a debate regarding the legality of distributing this
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e6f68f87f917..6d2abd198aab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2201,6 +2201,10 @@ in
 
   cdrkit = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/cdrkit { };
 
+  cdrtools = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/cdrtools {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon IOKit;
+  };
+
   mdf2iso = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/mdf2iso { };
 
   nrg2iso = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/nrg2iso { };
@@ -17820,10 +17824,6 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon;
   };
 
-  cdrtools = callPackage ../applications/misc/cdrtools {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon IOKit;
-  };
-
   centerim = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/centerim { };
 
   cgit = callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit {