diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
index c4b7002a718..f5489a4a76f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/builder.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,3 @@ chmod -v 755 $out_bin
 patchShebangs $out
 
 wrapProgram $out_bin --prefix PATH ":" ${rlwrap}/bin
-
-echo "Testing out \"lein version\"..."
-$out_bin version
-echo "Success."
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/default.nix
index bf1a275046e..d7f819c45f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, openjdk, rlwrap, clojure }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, jdk, rlwrap, clojure }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "leiningen";
-  version = "2.1.2";
+  version = "2.3.0";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://raw.github.com/technomancy/leiningen/${version}/bin/lein-pkg";
-    sha256 = "10s4xpwrhd8wz3h2vj8ay4rf2hw8vzswfkr8ckckk3fhjcn130dy";
+    sha256 = "18rk1rr9il5jc3103cnmii6hyc1j3k12d975sqrcqyg97h7f0jkb";
   };
 
   jarsrc = fetchurl {
     url = "https://leiningen.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/${pname}-${version}-standalone.jar";
-    sha256 = "08jq21zpsgwsmsz7lpfxidj2s3mv8i23fjwyl9qc6dngskkx45sa";
+    sha256 = "1higd309b43lly7fv1pd5lfd3lyrij95nrzklqmk8vf9llw6974p";
   };
 
-  patches = ./lein_2.1.2.patch;
+  patches = ./lein_2.3.0.patch;
 
   inherit rlwrap clojure;
 
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ openjdk clojure ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jdk clojure ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen;
     description = "Project automation for Clojure";
     license = "EPL";
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainer = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [the-kenny];
+    maintainer = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ the-kenny ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/lein_2.1.2.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/lein_2.3.0.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/lein_2.1.2.patch
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/leiningen/lein_2.3.0.patch