diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/default.nix
index 85006a1d1755..d1de493e39e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, libcap, pam }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, sslEnable ? false, libcap, pam }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "vsftpd-2.0.5";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+  name = "vsftpd-2.3.4";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0nzsxknnaqnfk853yjsmi31sl02jf5ydix9wxbldv4i7vzqfnqjl";
+    sha256 = "0nhsqwnb8qkbxx5wjahara1ln85hp151v656psra5brpckwysrml";
   };
   
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto -lpam -lcap";
-
-  preInstall = ''
-    ensureDir $out/{,s}bin
-    ensureDir $out/man/man{5,8}
+  preBuild =''
+    makeFlagsArray=( "LIBS=${if sslEnable then "-lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto " else ""}-lpam -lcap" )
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./fix.patch ] ;
-  
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i "/VSF_BUILD_SSL/s/^#undef/#define/" builddefs.h
-    sed -i "s@/etc/vsftpd.user_list@$out/vsftpd.user_list@" vsftpd.conf.5 tunables.c
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = "cp ${./vsftpd.user_list} $out/vsftpd.user_list";
-
   buildInputs = [ openssl libcap pam ];
-}
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/sbin
+    install -v -m 755 vsftpd $out/sbin/vsftpd
+
+    mkdir -pv $out/share/man/man{5,8}
+    install -v -m 644 vsftpd.8 $out/share/man/man8/vsftpd.8
+    install -v -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 $out/share/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5
+
+    mkdir -pv $out/etc/xinetd.d
+    install -v -m 644 xinetd.d/vsftpd $out/etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd
+  '';
+} // (if sslEnable then {
+  preConfigure = ''
+    echo "Will enable SSL"
+    sed -i "/VSF_BUILD_SSL/s/^#undef/#define/" builddefs.h
+  '';
+
+} else { })
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/fix.patch b/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aefce9395617..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc vsftpd-2.0.3/Makefile vsftpd-2.0.3-new/Makefile
-*** vsftpd-2.0.3/Makefile	Fri Mar 11 20:34:15 2005
---- vsftpd-2.0.3-new/Makefile	Mon Sep 12 17:06:31 2005
-***************
-*** 5,11 ****
-  #CFLAGS = -g
-  CFLAGS	=	-O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow #-pedantic -Werror -Wconversion
-  
-- LIBS	=	`./vsf_findlibs.sh`
-  LINK	=	-Wl,-s
-  
-  OBJS	=	main.o utility.o prelogin.o ftpcmdio.o postlogin.o privsock.o \
---- 5,10 ----
-***************
-*** 24,44 ****
-  	$(CC) -o vsftpd $(OBJS) $(LINK) $(LIBS)
-  
-  install:
-! 	if [ -x /usr/local/sbin ]; then \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 755 vsftpd /usr/local/sbin/vsftpd; \
-  	else \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 755 vsftpd /usr/sbin/vsftpd; fi
-! 	if [ -x /usr/local/man ]; then \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.8 /usr/local/man/man8/vsftpd.8; \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 /usr/local/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5; \
-! 	elif [ -x /usr/share/man ]; then \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.8 /usr/share/man/man8/vsftpd.8; \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 /usr/share/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5; \
-  	else \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.8 /usr/man/man8/vsftpd.8; \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 /usr/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5; fi
-! 	if [ -x /etc/xinetd.d ]; then \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 xinetd.d/vsftpd /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd; fi
-  
-  clean:
-  	rm -f *.o *.swp vsftpd
---- 23,41 ----
-  	$(CC) -o vsftpd $(OBJS) $(LINK) $(LIBS)
-  
-  install:
-! 	if [ -x $$out/sbin ]; then \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 755 vsftpd $$out/sbin/vsftpd; \
-  	else \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 755 vsftpd $$out/sbin/vsftpd; fi
-! 	if [ -x $$out/man ]; then \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.8 $$out/man/man8/vsftpd.8; \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 $$out/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5; \
-! 	elif [ -x $$out/share/man ]; then \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.8 $$out/man/man8/vsftpd.8; \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 $$out/share/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5; \
-  	else \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.8 $$out/man/man8/vsftpd.8; \
-! 		$(INSTALL) -m 644 vsftpd.conf.5 $$out/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5; fi
-  
-  clean:
-  	rm -f *.o *.swp vsftpd
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd.user_list b/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd.user_list
deleted file mode 100644
index 4200a1e93447..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd.user_list
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#list users here that can (not) connect to vsftpd (only needed when userlistenable=true)
-
-raidbackup