diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
index 24debae860aa..f5d821687731 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, zlib, pkgconfig, fontconfig, openssl
-, lcms, freetype, libpaper, jbig2dec, expat, libiconvOrEmpty
-, x11Support, x11 ? null
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, expat, openssl
+, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, freetype, fontconfig, lcms2, libpaper, jbig2dec
+, libiconvOrEmpty
+, x11Support ? false, x11 ? null
 , cupsSupport ? false, cups ? null
 , gnuFork ? true
 }:
@@ -40,10 +41,10 @@ let
   };
 
   mainlineSrc = rec {
-    name = "ghostscript-9.06";
+    name = "ghostscript-9.08";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "014f10rxn4ihvcr1frby4szd1jvkrwvmdhnbivpp55c9fssx3b05";
+      sha256 = "0k1rvnvmiz456hiixfm130p3irbp1ddd0ycf7rf6bx7nzkp6sxb1";
     };
     meta = meta_common // {
       homepage = "http://www.ghostscript.com/";
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ let
     };
 
     preConfigure = ''
-      rm -R libpng jpeg lcms{,2} tiff freetype jbig2dec expat jasper openjpeg
+      rm -R libpng jpeg lcms{,2} tiff freetype jbig2dec expat openjpeg
 
       substituteInPlace base/unix-aux.mak --replace "INCLUDE=/usr/include" "INCLUDE=/no-such-path"
       sed "s@if ( test -f \$(INCLUDE)[^ ]* )@if ( true )@" -i base/unix-aux.mak
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    libjpeg libpng libtiff zlib pkgconfig fontconfig openssl lcms
-    libpaper jbig2dec expat
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals x11Support [x11 freetype]
+    pkgconfig zlib expat openssl
+    libjpeg libpng libtiff freetype fontconfig lcms2 libpaper jbig2dec
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional x11Support x11
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional cupsSupport cups
     ++ libiconvOrEmpty
     # [] # maybe sometimes jpeg2000 support
@@ -101,9 +102,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     makeFlagsArray=(CUPSSERVERBIN=$out/lib/cups CUPSSERVERROOT=$out/etc/cups CUPSDATA=$out/share/cups)
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (variant ? preConfigure) variant.preConfigure;
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-system-libtiff" ] ++
-    (if x11Support then [ "--with-x" ] else [ "--without-x" ]) ++
-    (if cupsSupport then [ "--enable-cups" "--with-install-cups" ] else [ "--disable-cups" ]);
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-system-libtiff"
+    (if x11Support then "--with-x" else "--without-x")
+    (if cupsSupport then "--enable-cups" else "--disable-cups")
+  ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9e43b4d89041..97ef1d4f71ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9606,7 +9606,6 @@ let
   gensgs = callPackage_i686 ../misc/emulators/gens-gs { };
 
   ghostscript = callPackage ../misc/ghostscript {
-    lcms = lcms2;
     x11Support = false;
     cupsSupport = config.ghostscript.cups or true;
     gnuFork = config.ghostscript.gnu or false;