diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
index 6c77f6a004a..9011d33e922 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake }:
-let version = "3.0.0";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "tinyxml-2-${version}";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0ispg7ngkry8vhzzawbq42y8gkj53xjipkycw0rkhh487ras32hj";
+  version = "4.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "tinyxml2";
+    owner = "leethomason";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1a0skfi8rzk53qcxbv88qlvhlqzvsvg4hm20dnx4zw7vrn6anr9y";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = {
+    description = "A simple, small, efficient, C++ XML parser";
+    homepage = http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml2/index.html;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.zlib;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/encfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/encfs/default.nix
index d0d9fa02178..518edbb3ea4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/encfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/encfs/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, boost, fuse, openssl, perl
-, pkgconfig, rlog }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake, pkgconfig, perl
+, gettext, fuse, openssl, tinyxml2
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "encfs-${version}";
-  version = "1.8.1";
+  version = "1.9.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    sha256 = "1cxihqwpnqbzy8qz0134199pwfnd7ikr2835p5p1yzqnl203wcdb";
+    sha256 = "1pyldd802db987m13jfmy491mp8mnsv2mwki0ra4wbnngbqgalhv";
     rev = "v${version}";
     repo = "encfs";
     owner = "vgough";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ boost fuse openssl rlog ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook perl pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ gettext fuse openssl tinyxml2 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig perl ];
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-boost-serialization=boost_wserialization"
-    "--with-boost-filesystem=boost_filesystem"
-  ];
+  cmakeFlags =
+    [ "-DUSE_INTERNAL_TINYXML=OFF"
+      "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+      "-DINSTALL_LIBENCFS=ON"
+    ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An encrypted filesystem in user-space via FUSE";
     homepage = https://vgough.github.io/encfs;
-    description = "Provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space via FUSE";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3 lgpl3 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nckx ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 262e4e058b3..9a4614b6e5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1517,7 +1517,9 @@ in
 
   enblend-enfuse = callPackage ../tools/graphics/enblend-enfuse { };
 
-  encfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/encfs { };
+  encfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/encfs {
+    tinyxml2 = tinyxml-2;
+  };
 
   enscript = callPackage ../tools/text/enscript { };