diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/rethinkdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/rethinkdb/default.nix
index cbf0d5bf183..789aa95b157 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/rethinkdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/rethinkdb/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, which, protobuf, gperftools
-, boost, zlib, curl, python, m4, icu, jemalloc }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, which, m4, python
+, protobuf, boost, zlib, curl, openssl, icu, jemalloc
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rethinkdb-${version}";
@@ -15,12 +16,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs .
   '';
 
-  configureFlags = "--lib-path ${gperftools}/lib --lib-path ${jemalloc}/lib";
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-jemalloc"
+    "--lib-path=${jemalloc}/lib"
+  ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ protobuf boost zlib curl icu jemalloc ];
+  buildInputs = [ protobuf boost zlib curl openssl icu jemalloc ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ which m4 python ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "An open-source distributed database built with love";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8f6b88cbef5..5fecb610f96 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9161,9 +9161,7 @@ let
 
   restund = callPackage ../servers/restund {};
 
-  rethinkdb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/rethinkdb {
-    boost = boost155;
-  };
+  rethinkdb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/rethinkdb { };
 
   rippled = callPackage ../servers/rippled {
     boost = boost157;