diff --git a/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix b/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix
index 93b69cee98e..b9f5f5d7e2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, SDL_image, mesa, cmake, physfs, boostHeaders
-, zip, zlib/*, lua5, tinyxml*/ }:
-
+{stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, SDL_image, mesa, cmake, physfs, boost, zip, zlib}:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.0rc3";
-  name = "blobby-volley-2-${version}";
+  version = "2.0-RC1";
+  name = "blobby-volley-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/blobby/blobby2-linux-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "10f50b2ygw8cb9mp33wpdwv9p6lc10qlwc1xd44bbcby1d9v5ga5";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/blobby/Blobby%20Volley%202%20%28Linux%29/1.0RC1/blobby2-linux-1.0rc1.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1cb56bd31vqkc12cmzp43q2aai99505isq2mii95jp0rzdqks4fy";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    SDL SDL_image mesa cmake physfs boostHeaders
-    zip zlib # lua5 tinyxml # ToDo: use shared libs?
-  ];
+  buildInputs = [SDL SDL_image mesa cmake physfs boost zip zlib];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -re '1i#include <cassert>' -i src/CrossCorrelation.h
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d2759d0ab88..7cf1ecf198c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8169,7 +8169,9 @@ let
 
   blackshadeselite = callPackage ../games/blackshadeselite { };
 
-  blobby = callPackage ../games/blobby { };
+  blobby = callPackage ../games/blobby {
+    boost = boost149;
+  };
 
   bsdgames = callPackage ../games/bsdgames { };