diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/expat/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/expat/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d425249cbc2..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/expat/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
-
-tar xvfz $src || exit 1
-cd expat-* || exit 1
-./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
-make || exit 1
-make install || exit 1
-strip -S $out/lib/*.a || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/expat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/expat/default.nix
index d033dfe719e..556b299e0da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/expat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/expat/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "expat-1.95.7";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  name = "expat-1.95.8";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/expat/expat-1.95.7.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "2ff59c2a5cbdd21a285c5f343e214fa9";
+    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/expat/expat-1.95.8.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "aff487543845a82fe262e6e2922b4c8e";
   };
 }