diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-lib/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-lib/default.nix
index 36e99482f5da..727db1c9642b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-lib/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "alsa-lib-1.0.21a";
+  name = "alsa-lib-1.0.23";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0x00sxvf1271vfg829yabaj0xkm4xgvk5vvwcq4qnhn5mnphkkm6";
+    sha256 = "08zl1yvva6xsdl9pghbvyjdrzwkyll8hc606my1i6jjypb58w8xl";
   };
   
   configureFlags = "--disable-xmlto";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
index 8e32ece770cb..dc36757e020e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-args: with args;
+{stdenv, fetchurl, lib, pkgconfig, alsaLib, pulseaudio, jackaudio}:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "alsa-plugins-1.0.19";
+  name = "alsa-plugins-1.0.23";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.19.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "000iqwlz93ykl0w19hw4qjh3gcw7f45ykmi91cw2m7dg4iy0igk7";
+    url = ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.23.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "10ri5dpmhk028r0qvajswh2xl40kjd600h7hykq03vrkmn8jf6sw";
   };
 
   # TODO make backends such as jack, pulseaudio optional
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ";
     homepage = http://alsa-project.org;
     license = "GPL2.1";
-    maintainers = [args.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
-    platforms = args.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [lib.maintainers.marcweber];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-utils/default.nix
index 8eda24de5773..e20163bfc97b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, gettext, ncurses}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "alsa-utils-1.0.21";
+  name = "alsa-utils-1.0.23";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "19jpqfrlc13yxvw3vzdw6cgdwjd97spsmn348v5181wkid8lkwvd";
+    sha256 = "1c7pl5k3d60wacnha8zfn2dixz7hiiaxvijis4559y15bs8mxl5p";
   };
   
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib gettext ncurses ];