diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
index 95a8f0d8fdb0..05db48095c3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, gtk, glib, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, jasper, ffmpeg, pkgconfig,
-  xineLib, gstreamer }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, gtk, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, jasper, ffmpeg
+, pkgconfig, gstreamer }:
+
+let v = "2.3.1a"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "opencv-2.3.0";
+  name = "opencv-${v}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/opencvlibrary/OpenCV-2.3.0.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "02wl56a87if84brrhd4wq59linyhbxx30ykh4cjwzw37yw7zzgxw";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/opencvlibrary/OpenCV-${v}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0325s7pa2npcw2gc06pr6q5ik4xdyf08rvkfc0myn10w20lzb8m9";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake gtk glib libjpeg libpng libtiff jasper ffmpeg pkgconfig
-    xineLib gstreamer ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk libjpeg libpng libtiff jasper ffmpeg gstreamer ];
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;