diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix
index 655d664d8fa6..f2b95bd07e3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix
@@ -1,50 +1,26 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openexr, boost, jemalloc, c-blosc, ilmbase, tbb }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, openexr, boost, jemalloc, c-blosc, ilmbase, tbb }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec
 {
   pname = "openvdb";
-  version = "7.0.0";
+  version = "9.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dreamworksanimation";
     repo = "openvdb";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0hhs50f05hkgj1wni53cwbsx2bhn1aam6z65j133356gbid2carl";
+    sha256 = "sha256-OP1xCR1YW60125mhhrW5+8/4uk+EBGIeoWGEU9OiIGY=";
   };
 
-  outputs = [ "out" ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   buildInputs = [ openexr boost tbb jemalloc c-blosc ilmbase ];
 
-  setSourceRoot = ''
-    sourceRoot=$(echo */openvdb)
-  '';
-
-  installTargets = [ "install_lib" ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  buildFlags = [
-    "lib"
-    "DESTDIR=$(out)"
-    "HALF_LIB=-lHalf"
-    "TBB_LIB=-ltbb"
-    "BLOSC_LIB=-lblosc"
-    "LOG4CPLUS_LIB="
-    "BLOSC_INCLUDE_DIR=${c-blosc}/include/"
-    "BLOSC_LIB_DIR=${c-blosc}/lib/"
-  ];
-
-  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${openexr.dev}/include/OpenEXR -I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR/";
-  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lboost_iostreams";
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An open framework for voxel";
     homepage = "https://www.openvdb.org";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.guibou ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.mpl20;
   };
 }