diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
index 4f4d235008b..b855fce17d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libuuid }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "e2fsprogs-1.42.5";
+  name = "e2fsprogs-1.42.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/e2fsprogs/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1kki3367961377wz2n6kva8q0wjjk6qhxmhp2dp3ar3lxgcamvbn";
+    sha256 = "0ibkkvp6kan0hn0d1anq4n2md70j5gcm7mwna515w82xwyr02rfw";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libuuid ];
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # libuuid, libblkid, uuidd and fsck are in util-linux-ng (the "libuuid" dependency).
   configureFlags = "--enable-elf-shlibs --disable-libuuid --disable-libblkid --disable-uuidd --disable-fsck";
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   preInstall = "installFlagsArray=('LN=ln -s')";
 
   postInstall = "make install-libs";
@@ -26,5 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "Tools for creating and checking ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index 8fc364a60e3..2f0319854e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ let
       doxygen = linux;
       dpkg = linux;
       drgeo = linux;
-      e2fsprogs = linux;
       ejabberd = linux;
       elinks = linux;
       emacs23 = gtkSupported;