diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cdesktopenv/2.3.2.patch b/pkgs/desktops/cdesktopenv/2.3.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfd027694d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cdesktopenv/2.3.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+From 8db8a2290683acf94f02e855af668a864d6001c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] installCDE: don't hardcode path to whoami
+---
+ cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src | 11 ++---------
+ cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/mkProd         |  9 +--------
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src b/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src
+index a00fefd1..233b4a96 100755
+--- a/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src
++++ b/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ LOGFILE="installCDE.$$.log"
+ 
+ Log()
+ {
+-  /bin/echo "$1" | tee -a $LOGFILE
++  echo "$1" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+ }
+ 
+ MakeTarball()
+@@ -537,14 +537,7 @@ XCOMM
+     PLATFORM_SCRIPT_DIR=hp
+   fi
+ 
+-  if [ "$PLATFORM" = "aix" ];
+-  then
+-    USER=$(/bin/whoami)
+-  else
+-    USER=$(/usr/bin/whoami)
+-  fi
+-
+-  if [ "$USER" != "root" ];
++  if [ $(whoami) != "root" ];
+   then
+     echo ""
+     echo "You should be root to run this script.  Continuing anyway."
+diff --git a/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/mkProd b/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/mkProd
+index 44591fab..413a77e8 100755
+--- a/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/mkProd
++++ b/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/mkProd
+@@ -96,13 +96,6 @@ else                                                # Build system = HP
+         PLATFORM=hp-ux
+ fi
+ 
+-if [ $PLATFORM = "aix" ];
+-then
+-        USER=`/bin/whoami`
+-else
+-        USER=`/usr/bin/whoami`
+-fi
+-
+ awkit() {
+ 	awk  '
+ 	BEGIN {
+@@ -504,7 +497,7 @@ doit()
+ 		}
+ 		# set permissions for non-links
+ 		if [ "${TYPE%link}" = "$TYPE" ]; then
+-			if [ "$USER" = "root" ]; then
++			if [ $(whoami) = "root" ]; then
+ 				chgrp $GROUP $DEST || 
+ 					echo "ERROR: \"chgrp $GROUP $DEST\" failed" >&2
+ 				chown $OWNER $DEST || 
+-- 
+2.25.0
+
+
+From 9221c55a5f811986eaf0e01301827c294ac2e29b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tt_type_comp: use CppCmd definition
+---
+ cde/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Imakefile | 4 +++-
+ cde/lib/tt/lib/tt_options.h           | 5 +++++
+ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Imakefile b/cde/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Imakefile
+index 92179208..62434929 100644
+--- a/cde/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Imakefile
++++ b/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Imakefile
+@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ EXTRA_LOAD_FLAGS = ExtraLoadFlags $(UNSHARED_CXXLIB)
+ 
+ #include "../../tooltalk.tmpl"
+ 
+-DEFINES = 
++CPP_PROGRAM = CppCmd
++CPP_DEFINES = -DCPP_PROGRAM="\"$(CPP_PROGRAM)\""
++DEFINES = $(CPP_DEFINES)
+ INCLUDES = $(TIRPCINC) -I../../lib -I../../slib
+ 
+ DEPLIBS         = ../../slib/libstt.a TtClientDepLibs
+diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/lib/tt_options.h b/cde/lib/tt/lib/tt_options.h
+index 4315daa8..e23bb9e5 100644
+--- a/cde/lib/tt/lib/tt_options.h
++++ b/lib/tt/lib/tt_options.h
+@@ -529,4 +529,9 @@
+ 
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef CPP_PROGRAM
++# undef OPT_CPP_PATH
++# define OPT_CPP_PATH CPP_PROGRAM
++#endif
++
+ #endif				/* _TT_OPTIONS_H */
+-- 
+2.25.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cdesktopenv/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cdesktopenv/default.nix
index 09d53cdd1c56..aa3e3f78b913 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cdesktopenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cdesktopenv/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, xorgproto, libX11, bison, ksh, perl, gnum4
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, xorgproto, libX11, bison, ksh, perl, gnum4
 , libXinerama, libXt, libXext, libtirpc, motif, libXft, xbitmaps
 , libjpeg, libXmu, libXdmcp, libXScrnSaver, symlinkJoin, bdftopcf
 , ncompress, mkfontdir, tcl, libXaw, gcc, glibcLocales, gawk
@@ -14,15 +14,18 @@ let
     ];
   };
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2019-11-30";
+  version = "2.3.2";
   name = "cde-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.code.sf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code";
-    rev = "5cebd7c4da1afea353a3baef250e31a4cf867bc5";
-    sha256 = "06wvnb3n8hn98kxvmrf6v3lyqp8bxpzl8wrixlw9jinmsivfs4b9";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/cdesktopenv/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "029rljhi5r483x8rzdpl8625z0wx8r7k2m0364nbw66h5pig9lbx";
   };
-  setSourceRoot = ''export sourceRoot="$(echo */cde)"'';
+
+  # remove with next release
+  patches = [
+    ./2.3.2.patch
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libX11 libXinerama libXt libXext libtirpc motif libXft xbitmaps