diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index c6b29d8ae26..a942babdbd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ rec {
   };
 
   gitAnnex = lib.makeOverridable (import ./git-annex) {
-    inherit stdenv fetchurl libuuid rsync findutils curl perl git ikiwiki which;
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl libuuid rsync findutils curl perl git ikiwiki which coreutils;
     inherit (haskellPackages) ghc MissingH utf8String pcreLight SHA dataenc
-      HTTP testpack hS3 mtl network hslogger hxt json;
+      HTTP testpack hS3 mtl network hslogger hxt json liftedBase monadControl;
     QuickCheck2 = haskellPackages.QuickCheck_2_4_0_1;
-    monadControl = haskellPackages.monadControl_OBSOLETE;
   };
 
   qgit = import ./qgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex/default.nix
index 26a99c21f25..905db2dc68b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, curl, dataenc, findutils, ghc, git, hS3, hslogger, HTTP, hxt
 , ikiwiki, json, libuuid, MissingH, monadControl, mtl, network, pcreLight, perl
-, QuickCheck2, rsync, SHA, testpack, utf8String, which
+, QuickCheck2, rsync, SHA, testpack, utf8String, which, liftedBase, coreutils
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "3.20111203";
+  version = "3.20111231";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "git-annex-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/git-annex/git-annex_${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "236a8fa537be1738a16afcab8a7438dc567dce75a6b71b62780d31048428f74b";
+    sha256 = "4f53e7fc9560838be7efd0c90543c93ce1c7d2ba36b7754200586d845ec114f5";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
     curl dataenc findutils ghc git hS3 hslogger HTTP hxt ikiwiki json
     libuuid MissingH monadControl mtl network pcreLight perl QuickCheck2
-    rsync SHA testpack utf8String which
+    rsync SHA testpack utf8String which liftedBase
   ];
 
   checkTarget = "test";
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   preConfigure = ''
     makeFlagsArray=( PREFIX=$out )
     sed -i -e 's|#!/usr/bin/perl|#!${perl}/bin/perl|' mdwn2man
+    sed -i -e 's|"cp |"${coreutils}/bin/cp |' -e 's|"rm -f |"${coreutils}/bin/rm -f |' test.hs
   '';
 
   meta = {