diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/surf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/surf/default.nix
index 983fbde0c45..7bbe84847f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/surf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/surf/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "surf-${version}";
-  version="0.6";
+  version="0.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dl.suckless.org/surf/surf-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "01b8hq8z2wd7ssym5bypx2b15mrs1lhgkrcgxf700kswxvxcrhgx";
+    sha256 = "0jj93izd8fizxfa6ln9w1h9bwki81sz5dhskh5x1rl34zd38aq4m";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gtk makeWrapper webkit gsettings_desktop_schemas pkgconfig glib libsoup ];
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildPhase = " make ";
 
-# `-lX11' to make sure libX11's store path is in the RPATH
+  # `-lX11' to make sure libX11's store path is in the RPATH
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lX11";
-  preConfigure = [ ''sed -i "s@PREFIX = /usr/local@PREFIX = $out@g" config.mk'' ];
-  installPhase = ''
-    make PREFIX=/ DESTDIR=$out install
-  '';
+  preConfigure = ''sed -i "s@PREFIX = /usr/local@PREFIX = $out@g" config.mk'';
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=/" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/surf" \