diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/akonadi/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/akonadi/default.nix
index 9e516947e83..eedd6b9f6e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/akonadi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/akonadi/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4, shared_mime_info, libxslt, boost, mysql, automoc4, soprano}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "akonadi-1.4.0";
+  name = "akonadi-1.4.3";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.akonadi-project.org/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "199fh5yqygr0xdwcnjqqms8vskigbzvwb3071r979606rrsnpnl5";
+    sha256 = "18xi66w78lsf2jf1z1vl8abps9hdv3g5msw6q1kj6xhmn4lbgjkk";
   };
   buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 shared_mime_info libxslt boost mysql automoc4 soprano ];
   patches = [ ./fix-broken-datadir-parameter.patch ];
-  postPatch = "sed -e '/Q_ASSERT.*SQLITE/d' -i qsqlite/src/qsql_sqlite.cpp";
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "KDE PIM Storage Service";
     license = "LGPL";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/akonadi/fix-broken-datadir-parameter.patch b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/akonadi/fix-broken-datadir-parameter.patch
index fa33329d4b0..09b594f4e21 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/akonadi/fix-broken-datadir-parameter.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.5/support/akonadi/fix-broken-datadir-parameter.patch
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Fix broken datadir parameter.
 +  arguments << QString::fromLatin1( "--datadir=%1/" ).arg( dataDir );
  #ifndef Q_WS_WIN
 -  arguments << QString::fromLatin1( "--datadir" ) << QString::fromLatin1( "%1/" ).arg( dataDir );
-   arguments << QString::fromLatin1( "--socket=%1/mysql.socket" ).arg( miscDir );
+   arguments << QString::fromLatin1( "--socket=%1/mysql.socket" ).arg( socketDirectory );
  #else
 -  arguments << QString::fromLatin1( "--datadir=%1/" ).arg( dataDir );
    arguments << QString::fromLatin1( "--shared-memory" );