diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/04-fix-FTBFS-GCC5.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/04-fix-FTBFS-GCC5.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 54878303589..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/04-fix-FTBFS-GCC5.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Patch from Debian:
-https://sources.debian.net/data/main/libe/libewf/20140608-6/debian/patches/04-fix-FTBFS-GCC5.patch
-
-Description: fix a FTBFS with GCC-5. Thanks to Linn Crosetto <linn@hp.com> for
-             the first fix (see #777938). This patch closes #777945.
-Author: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>
-Last-Update: 2015-07-02
-Index: libewf-20140608/libuna/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- libewf-20140608.orig/libuna/Makefile.am
-+++ libewf-20140608/libuna/Makefile.am
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
- 	-I$(top_srcdir)/include \
- 	-I$(top_srcdir)/common \
- 	@LIBCSTRING_CPPFLAGS@ \
--	@LIBCERROR_CPPFLAGS@
-+	@LIBCERROR_CPPFLAGS@ -std=gnu89
- 
- noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libuna.la
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.nix
index ec53b50b5af..b1a6238a378 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, zlib, openssl, libuuid, file, fuse, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "20140608";
+  version = "20171104";
   name = "libewf-${version}";
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://googledrive.com/host/0B3fBvzttpiiSMTdoaVExWWNsRjg/libewf-20140608.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0wfsffzxk934hl8cpwr14w8ixnh8d23x0xnnzcspjwi2c7730h6i";
+    url = "https://github.com/libyal/libewf/releases/download/${version}/libewf-experimental-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0h7036gpj5cryvh17aq6i2cpnbpwg5yswmfydxbbwvd9yfxd6dng";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ zlib openssl libuuid ];
-  patches = [ ./04-fix-FTBFS-GCC5.patch ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Library for support of the Expert Witness Compression Format";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.upstream
deleted file mode 100644
index a071132463f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.upstream
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-url https://code.google.com/p/libewf/
-version_link 'googledrive[.]com'
-version_link '[.]tar[.]'
-do_overwrite () {
-  do_overwrite_just_version
-  set_var_value url "$CURRENT_URL"
-}