diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index f6bd96af40f..cbe919c7092 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ let
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "4.2.2";
+  version = "4.4.1";
   name = "octave-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/octave/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0vkjfrpv7aikcn73bxqkph1qrhrdx7jqy193n8d8lwp7v2al7f3p";
+    sha256 = "15xfcx6dc7p204b92i7va2a7ygff637l370x7zjj3vzl2brd1yq9";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gfortran readline ncurses perl flex texinfo qhull
@@ -46,17 +46,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace libinterp/corefcn/help.cc \
       --replace 'Vmakeinfo_program = "makeinfo"' \
                 'Vmakeinfo_program = "${texinfo}/bin/makeinfo"'
-  ''
-  # REMOVE ON VERSION BUMP
-  # Needed for Octave-4.2.1 on darwin. See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50234
-  + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    sed 's/inline file_stat::~file_stat () { }/file_stat::~file_stat () { }/' -i ./liboctave/system/file-stat.cc
   '';
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  # See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50339
+  F77_INTEGER_8_FLAG = if openblas.blas64 then "-fdefault-integer-8" else "";
+
   configureFlags =
     [ "--enable-readline"
       "--enable-dl"
@@ -82,6 +80,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://octave.org/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [raskin];
+    description = "Scientific Pragramming Language";
     platforms = if overridePlatforms == null then
       (with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin)
     else overridePlatforms;