diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
index 5e92c52e521b..a5d02093e3f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/build.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , xcbutilwm, alsaLib, wirelesstools, asciidoc, libxslt, makeWrapper, docbook_xsl
 , configFile ? null, lib
 , rev, sha256, version
-, playerctl
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [
     cairo gdk_pixbuf libconfig pango xcbutilwm docbook_xsl
     alsaLib wirelesstools asciidoc libxslt makeWrapper
-    playerctl
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --replace "a2x" "${asciidoc}/bin/a2x --no-xmllint"
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=/" "PLAYERCTL=1" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=/" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/yabar/examples
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/unstable.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/unstable.nix
index b704c480d668..842e10ad83b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/yabar/unstable.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-{ callPackage, attrs ? {} }:
+{ playerctl, libxkbcommon, callPackage, attrs ? {} }:
 
 let
-  overrides = {
-    version = "unstable-2017-10-12";
+  pkg = callPackage ./build.nix ({
+    version = "unstable-2018-01-02";
 
-    rev    = "cbecc7766e37f29d50705da0a82dc76ce7c3b86e";
-    sha256 = "1wprjas3k14rxfl06mgr0xq2ra735w1c7dq4xrdvii887wnl37xb";
-  } // attrs;
-in callPackage ./build.nix overrides
+    rev    = "d9f75933f1fdd7bec24bf7db104c7e1df2728b98";
+    sha256 = "0ry2pgqsnl6cmvkhakm73cjqdnirkimldnmbngl6hbvggx32z8c9";
+  } // attrs);
+in pkg.overrideAttrs (o: {
+  buildInputs = o.buildInputs ++ [
+    playerctl libxkbcommon
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = o.makeFlags ++ [
+    "PLAYERCTL=1"
+  ];
+})