diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
index cfe97e12476..c681bc415e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-{ fetchsvn, stdenv, cmake, coin3d, xercesc, ode, eigen, qt4, opencascade, gts,
+{ fetchgit, stdenv, cmake, coin3d, xercesc, ode, eigen, qt4, opencascade, gts,
 boost, zlib,
 python, swig, gfortran, soqt, libf2c, pyqt4, makeWrapper }:
 
-# It builds but fails to install
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "freecad-${version}";
-  version = "svn-${src.rev}";
+  version = "git-20121213";
 
-  src = fetchsvn {
-    url = https://free-cad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/free-cad/trunk;
-    rev = "4184";
-    sha256 = "26bd8407ce38f070b81ef39145aed093eed3c200d165a605b8169162d66568ce";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = git://free-cad.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/free-cad/free-cad;
+    rev = "d3949cedc7e3c924d426660515e06eaf55d1a67f";
+    sha256 = "0a07ih0z5d8m69zasmvi7z4lgq0pa67k2g7r1l6nz2d0b30py61w";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake coin3d xercesc ode eigen qt4 opencascade gts boost
@@ -19,12 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  # The freecad people are used to boost 1.42, and we have newer boost that
-  # require the -DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION=2 for freecad to build
-  # For zlib to build in i686-linux, as g++ plus glibc defines _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE,
-  # we need the -D-FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 indication for zlib headers to work.
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION=2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64";
-
   # This should work on both x86_64, and i686 linux
   preBuild = ''
     export NIX_LDFLAGS="-L${gfortran.gcc}/lib64 -L${gfortran.gcc}/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS";
@@ -35,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --set COIN_GL_NO_CURRENT_CONTEXT_CHECK 1
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./cmakeinstall.patch ./pythonpath.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./pythonpath.patch ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://free-cad.sourceforge.net/;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/pythonpath.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/pythonpath.patch
index 849c778aedb..8b09a574807 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/pythonpath.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/pythonpath.patch
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/free-cad/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=847&p=6364
-
-Index: src/Main/MainGui.cpp
-===================================================================
---- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp	(revision 4193)
-+++ a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp	(working copy)
-@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@
+diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+index 03407c5..b029384 100644
+--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
++++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+@@ -190,15 +190,15 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
      // http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559846
      putenv("LANG=C");
      putenv("LC_ALL=C");
 -    putenv("PYTHONPATH=");
++    //putenv("PYTHONPATH=");
+ #elif defined(FC_OS_MACOSX)
+     (void)QLocale::system();
+     putenv("LANG=C");
+     putenv("LC_ALL=C");
+-    putenv("PYTHONPATH=");
 +    //putenv("PYTHONPATH=");
  #else
      setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ec1bb773c09..b93c6c58821 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7020,7 +7020,6 @@ let
   };
 
   freecad = callPackage ../applications/graphics/freecad {
-    boost = boost146;
   };
 
   freemind = callPackage ../applications/misc/freemind {