diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a220ad0c66fb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-installFlags="prefix=$out"
-makeFlags="CFLAGS=-DWITHOUT_GETTEXT LIBCGETOPT=0"
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix
index 8221bec6ccab..62414a604756 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "getopt-1.1.4";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "getopt";
+  version = "1.1.6";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://tarballs.nixos.org/getopt-1.1.4.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1arvjfzw6p310zbgv629w5hkyslrj44imf3r3s2r4ry2jfcks221";
+    url = "http://frodo.looijaard.name/system/files/software/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1zn5kp8ar853rin0ay2j3p17blxy16agpp8wi8wfg4x98b31vgyh";
   };
-  preBuild = ''
-    export buildFlags=CC="$CC" # for darwin
-  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "WITHOUT_GETTEXT=1"
+    "LIBCGETOPT=0"
+    "prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
+    "CC:=$(CC)"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;