diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/corebird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/corebird/default.nix
index 376c70f3f44..412335094ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/corebird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/corebird/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 , glib_networking }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.5.1";
+  version = "1.6";
   name = "corebird-${version}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "baedert";
     repo = "corebird";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1qajb4xms3vsfm5sg91z9ka0nrzgfi0fjgjxqm7snhkfgxlkph7w";
+    sha256 = "1bxjlamdy5d2j3xdahmxf6lwc7f6xdfxbzi712ppvh1dwggw654v";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gtk3 json_glib sqlite libsoup gettext vala_0_32 gnome3.rest gnome3.dconf gnome3.gspell glib_networking
+    gtk3 json_glib sqlite libsoup gettext vala_0_32 gnome3.dconf gnome3.gspell glib_networking
   ] ++ (with gst_all_1; [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good (gst-plugins-bad.override { gtkSupport = true; }) gst-libav ]);
 
   meta = {