diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/builder.sh
index a4b26cdeb09..34b547e93aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/builder.sh
@@ -14,15 +14,11 @@ rm $out/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/PPKLite.api
 
 glibc=$(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/orig-glibc)
 
-patchelf --interpreter $glibc/lib/ld-linux.so.* $out/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread
-
 fullPath=
 for i in $libPath; do
     fullPath=$fullPath${fullPath:+:}$i/lib
 done
 
-echo "#! $SHELL" > $out/bin/acroread.tmp
-echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$fullPath\${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $out/bin/acroread.tmp
-cat $out/bin/acroread >> $out/bin/acroread.tmp
-chmod 755 $out/bin/acroread.tmp
-mv $out/bin/acroread.tmp $out/bin/acroread
+patchelf --interpreter $glibc/lib/ld-linux.so.* \
+    --set-rpath $fullPath \
+    $out/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/default.nix
index d04fbbe0675..4d1f849ab12 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, libXt, libXp, libXext, libX11, glib, pango, atk, gtk, libstdcpp5, zlib}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libXt, libXp, libXext, libX11, glib, pango, atk, gtk, libstdcpp5, zlib, patchelf}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "acrobat-reader-7.0";
+  name = "acrobat-reader-7.0.1";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/AdbeRdr70_linux_enu.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "0ce9b4fc702f831db97a627ef2629675";
+    url = http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/AdbeRdr701_linux_enu.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "79e5a40aca6b49f7015cb1694876f87a";
   };
   
   libPath = [libXt libXp libXext libX11 glib pango atk gtk libstdcpp5 zlib];
+  buildInputs = [patchelf]; /* !!! temporary */
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 43ec4458de5..8619cd5943a 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ rec {
     inherit (xlibs) libXt libXp libXext libX11;
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib pango atk gtk;
     libstdcpp5 = gcc33.gcc;
-#    patchelf = patchelfNew;
+    patchelf = patchelfNew;
   };
 
   eclipse = (import ../applications/editors/eclipse) {