diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/3.3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/3.3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c48f8e4c973..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/3.3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, cmake}:
-
-let
-  version = "3.3.5";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "eigen-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/${version}.tar.gz";
-    name = "eigen-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "13p60x6k61zq2y2in7g4fy5p55cr5dbmj3zvw10zcazxraxbcm04";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    ./include-dir.patch
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "C++ template library for linear algebra: vectors, matrices, and related algorithms";
-    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-    homepage = http://eigen.tuxfamily.org ;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ sander raskin ];
-    inherit version;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/default.nix
index c120132dcb8..c48f8e4c973 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/eigen/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, cmake}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, cmake}:
 
 let
-  version = "3.2.10";
+  version = "3.3.5";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "eigen-${version}";
@@ -9,17 +9,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/${version}.tar.gz";
     name = "eigen-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "00l52y7m276gh8wjkqqcxz6x687azrm7a70s3iraxnpy9bxa9y04";
+    sha256 = "13p60x6k61zq2y2in7g4fy5p55cr5dbmj3zvw10zcazxraxbcm04";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./include-dir.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # a couple of tests fail with "Child aborted"
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    sed -e '/Cflags:/s@''${prefix}/@@' -i "$out"/share/pkgconfig/eigen3.pc
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C++ template library for linear algebra: vectors, matrices, and related algorithms";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2320e358805..0a9db55f2a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1676,9 +1676,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   apparix = callPackage ../tools/misc/apparix { };
 
-  appleseed = callPackage ../tools/graphics/appleseed {
-    eigen = eigen3_3;
-  };
+  appleseed = callPackage ../tools/graphics/appleseed { };
 
   arping = callPackage ../tools/networking/arping { };
 
@@ -3213,9 +3211,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   halibut = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/halibut { };
 
-  halide = callPackage ../development/compilers/halide {
-    eigen = eigen3_3;
-  };
+  halide = callPackage ../development/compilers/halide { };
 
   hardinfo = callPackage ../tools/system/hardinfo { };
 
@@ -9471,7 +9467,6 @@ with pkgs;
   editline = callPackage ../development/libraries/editline { };
 
   eigen = callPackage ../development/libraries/eigen {};
-  eigen3_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/eigen/3.3.nix {};
 
   eigen2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/eigen/2.0.nix {};
 
@@ -10702,9 +10697,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libf2c = callPackage ../development/libraries/libf2c {};
 
-  libfive = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfive {
-    eigen = eigen3_3;
-  };
+  libfive = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfive { };
 
   libfixposix = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfixposix {};
 
@@ -21677,7 +21670,6 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   caffe2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/caffe2 (rec {
-    eigen = eigen3_3;
     inherit (python3Packages) python future six numpy pydot;
     protobuf = protobuf3_1;
     python-protobuf = python3Packages.protobuf.override { inherit protobuf; };