diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/googleearth/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/googleearth/default.nix
index 0d4b5fd03fb..139d3ac8b1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/googleearth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/googleearth/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, glibc, mesa, freetype, glib, libSM, libICE, libXi, libXv,
 libXrender, libXrandr, libXfixes, libXcursor, libXinerama, libXext, libX11,
-zlib, patchelf05 }:
+zlib }:
 
 /* I haven't found any x86_64 package from them */
 assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux";
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       fullPath=$fullPath:$i/lib
     done
           
-    ${patchelf05}/bin/patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
+    patchelf --interpreter "$(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
       --set-rpath $fullPath \
       $out/opt/googleearth/googleearth-bin
 
     for a in $out/opt/googleearth/*.so* ; do
-      ${patchelf05}/bin/patchelf --set-rpath $fullPath $a
+      patchelf --set-rpath $fullPath $a
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.5.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.5.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a2b06d7f288..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.5.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "patchelf-0.5pre15975";
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://hydra.nixos.org/build/35275/download/1/patchelf-0.5pre15975.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "fa945392386c484b670c1182e354f0738b03db54d51ed6cc7ff9ebd645a20ecb";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://nixos.org/patchelf.html;
-    license = "GPL";
-    description = "A small utility to modify the dynamic linker and RPATH of ELF executables";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
index 91832cd45a7..43944ca9acd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "patchelf-0.4";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "patchelf-0.5";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nixos.org/releases/patchelf/patchelf-0.4/patchelf-0.4.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "65c455b62fc52292e2488f05f46e7e38c46fdcf69c002750f5887145284c4f85";
+    url = "http://nixos.org/releases/patchelf/${name}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "24b9a850af45e1a277e234b9eb090b52305a2e1c6b02addeb3ae98b4b49d37ce";
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8be77814576..7a50590ba96 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3023,10 +3023,6 @@ let
       inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     });
 
-  patchelf05 = import ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.5.nix {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
-  };
-
   pmccabe = import ../development/tools/misc/pmccabe {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
@@ -7215,7 +7211,6 @@ let
       inherit stdenv fetchurl glibc mesa freetype zlib glib;
       inherit (xlibs) libSM libICE libXi libXv libXrender libXrandr libXfixes
         libXcursor libXinerama libXext libX11;
-      inherit patchelf05;
     };
 
   gpsbabel = import ../applications/misc/gpsbabel {