diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ed3b06c00c8..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-myPatchPhase()
-{
-    sed -i -e "s|/usr|$subversion|g" src/svnqt/cmakemodules/FindSubversion.cmake
-}
-patchPhase=myPatchPhase
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
index 141bf938e3a..c063cd6d09a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, lib, cmake, qt4, perl, gettext, apr, aprutil, subversion, db4
-, kdelibs, automoc4, phonon}:
+, kdelibs, automoc4, phonon, kdebase}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kdesvn-1.5.2";
+  name = "kdesvn-1.5.5";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://kdesvn.alwins-world.de/downloads/kdesvn-1.5.2.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1svblxi70ks816zj1w4cc87x72b628g7xjx4hvx57zw8d9hr463h";
+    url = http://kdesvn.alwins-world.de/downloads/kdesvn-1.5.5.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "02sb34p04dyd88ksxvpiffhxqwmhs3yv1wif9m8w0fly9hvy1zk7";
   };
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  inherit subversion;
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i -e "s|/usr|${subversion}|g" src/svnqt/cmakemodules/FindSubversion.cmake
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [ "VERBOSE=1" ];
+
   buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 perl gettext apr aprutil subversion db4 kdelibs automoc4 phonon ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "KDE SVN front-end";
     license = "GPL";