diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e78a0bd89c..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "links-1.00pre15";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/download/links-1.00pre15.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0yzgzc6jm9vhv7rgbj5s9zwxn9fnf4nyap9l6dzgpwsn7m18vprv";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links2/default.nix
index 518a4d667dd..4ea6e619b17 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/links2/default.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.11";
+  version = "2.12";
   name = "links2-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/download/links-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0gqjdz1brdcx02mcwchi6bxy1i1ljbw5zpc6b321skrrsqkzkxw7";
+    sha256 = "0knq15yrp60s4jh92aacw8yfc2pcv3bqsw7dba7h5s6ivq8ihhcq";
   };
 
   buildInputs =
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 308badd7d9f..18ad8ffc836 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12498,8 +12498,6 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) libglade;
   };
 
-  links = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/links { };
-
   ledger2 = callPackage ../applications/office/ledger/2.6.3.nix { };
   ledger3 = callPackage ../applications/office/ledger {
     boost = boost155;
@@ -15951,6 +15949,7 @@ aliases = with self; rec {
   jquery_ui = jquery-ui;  # added 2014-09-07
   libdbusmenu_qt5 = qt5.libdbusmenu;  # added 2015-12-19
   libtidy = html-tidy;  # added 2014-12-21
+  links = links2; # added 2016-01-31
   lttngTools = lttng-tools;  # added 2014-07-31
   lttngUst = lttng-ust;  # added 2014-07-31
   midoriWrapper = midori; # added 2015-01