diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/pythia/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/pythia/default.nix
index 48fc95e788a..8a58cd638b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/pythia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/pythia/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pythia";
-  version = "8.304";
+  version = "8.305";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://home.thep.lu.se/~torbjorn/pythia8/pythia${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] [""] version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "18frx7xyvxnz57fxjncjyjzsk169h0jz6hxzjfpmwm3dzcc712fk";
+    sha256 = "03rpy2bmx67217fh1spfn36x9xrk0igcj56byki77lgj0y5mz21a";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ boost fastjet hepmc zlib rsync lhapdf ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ rsync ];
+  buildInputs = [ boost fastjet hepmc zlib lhapdf ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     patchShebangs ./configure
@@ -26,11 +27,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "A program for the generation of high-energy physics events";
-    license     = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    homepage    = "http://home.thep.lu.se/~torbjorn/Pythia.html";
-    platforms   = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    homepage = "http://home.thep.lu.se/~torbjorn/Pythia.html";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
   };
 }