diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
index 1f17f830979..9b8beb5b82b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,26 @@
-a :  
-let 
-  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, ghostscript, atk, gtk, glib, fontconfig, freetype
+, libgnomecanvas, libgnomeprint, libgnomeprintui
+, pango, libX11, xproto, zlib, poppler, popplerData
+, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.4.5";
+  name = "xournal-" + version;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/xournal/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1lamfzhby06w2pg56lpv1symdixcwmg6wvi7g6br6la4ak5w5mx7";
+  };
 
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "0.4.2.1" a; 
-  buildInputs = with a; [
+  buildInputs = [
     ghostscript atk gtk glib fontconfig freetype
     libgnomecanvas libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui
     pango libX11 xproto zlib poppler popplerData
     autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig
   ];
-in
-rec {
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xournal/xournal-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1zxqcdhsd7h19c6pz7dwkr8bncn64v07liiqyw504m2v8lylrsif";
-  };
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
-  phaseNames = ["setEnvVars" "doAutotools" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
-
-  setEnvVars = a.noDepEntry (''
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS="-lX11"
-  '');
-      
-  name = "xournal-" + version;
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lX11 -lz";
   meta = {
     description = "note-taking application (supposes stylus)";
-    maintainers = [
-    ];
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.guibert ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 76ad8347561..5205f80334e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8883,7 +8883,8 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXpm libXt libXext;
   };
 
-  xournal = builderDefsPackage (import ../applications/graphics/xournal) {
+  xournal = import ../applications/graphics/xournal {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl;
     inherit ghostscript fontconfig freetype zlib
       poppler popplerData autoconf automake
       libtool pkgconfig;