diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
index c68e171084b..e46a7ec33c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libedit/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libedit-20180525-3.1";
+  pname = "libedit";
+  version = "20190324-3.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://thrysoee.dk/editline/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "05iicng4kag5hxdc7adbyj1gm3qbmvcc33m9cyx5gys0s67yl6y4";
+    url = "https://thrysoee.dk/editline/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1bhvp8xkkgrg89k4ci1k8vjl3nhb6szd4ghy9lp4jrfgq58hz3xc";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -17,8 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--enable-widec" ];
-
   postInstall = ''
     find $out/lib -type f | grep '\.\(la\|pc\)''$' | xargs sed -i \
       -e 's,-lncurses[a-z]*,-L${ncurses.out}/lib -lncursesw,g'