diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
index ac4776c2072..e556eeb7283 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, automake, autoconf, pkgconfig, glib, openssl, expat
-, ncurses, libotr, curl, libstrophe, readline, libuuid
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, openssl, expat, libmesode
+, ncurses, libotr, curl, readline, libuuid
 
 , autoAwaySupport ? false, libXScrnSaver ? null, libX11 ? null
 , notifySupport ? false,   libnotify ? null, gdk_pixbuf ? null
@@ -12,21 +12,19 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "profanity-${version}";
-  version = "0.4.7";
+  version = "0.5.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.profanity.im/profanity-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1p8ixvxacvf63r6lnf6iwlyz4pgiyp6widna1h2l2jg8kw14wb5h";
+    sha256 = "0s4njc4rcaii51qw1najxa0fa8bb2fnas00z47y94wdbdsmfhfvq";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
-    automake autoconf pkgconfig readline libuuid
-    glib openssl expat ncurses libotr curl libstrophe
+    pkgconfig readline libuuid libmesode
+    glib openssl expat ncurses libotr curl
   ] ++ optionals autoAwaySupport [ libXScrnSaver libX11 ]
     ++ optionals notifySupport   [ libnotify gdk_pixbuf ];
 
-  preConfigure = "sh bootstrap.sh";
-
   meta = {
     description = "A console based XMPP client";
     longDescription = ''