diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
index b8c879d598b..9e753d8f830 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
@@ -3,69 +3,18 @@
 , libiconvOrEmpty
 , x11Support ? false, x11 ? null
 , cupsSupport ? false, cups ? null
-, gnuFork ? true
 }:
 
 assert x11Support -> x11 != null;
 assert cupsSupport -> cups != null;
 
-let
-  meta_common = {
-    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/";
-    description = "PostScript interpreter (GNU version)";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Ghostscript is the name of a set of tools that provides (i) an
-      interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format,
-      (ii) a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that
-      implement the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive
-      operations in the PostScript language, and (iii) a wide variety
-      of output drivers for various file formats and printers.
-    '';
-
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
-  };
-
-  gnuForkSrc = rec {
-    name = "ghostscript-9.04.1";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://gnu/ghostscript/gnu-${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "0zqa6ggbkdqiszsywgrra4ij0sddlmrfa50bx2mh568qid4ga0a2";
-    };
-
-    meta = meta_common;
-    patches = [ ./purity.patch ];
-  };
-
-  mainlineSrc = rec {
-    name = "ghostscript-9.06";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "014f10rxn4ihvcr1frby4szd1jvkrwvmdhnbivpp55c9fssx3b05";
-    };
-    meta = meta_common // {
-      homepage = "http://www.ghostscript.com/";
-      description = "PostScript interpreter (mainline version)";
-    };
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      rm -R libpng jpeg lcms{,2} tiff freetype jbig2dec expat openjpeg
-
-      substituteInPlace base/unix-aux.mak --replace "INCLUDE=/usr/include" "INCLUDE=/no-such-path"
-      sed "s@if ( test -f \$(INCLUDE)[^ ]* )@if ( true )@" -i base/unix-aux.mak
-    '';
-    patches = [];
-  };
-
-  variant = if gnuFork then gnuForkSrc else mainlineSrc;
-
-in
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  inherit (variant) name src meta;
+  name = "ghostscript-9.15";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0p1isp6ssfay141klirn7n9s8b546vcz6paksfmksbwy0ljsypg6";
+  };
 
   fonts = [
     (fetchurl {
@@ -91,34 +40,56 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # [] # maybe sometimes jpeg2000 support
     ;
 
-  CFLAGS = "-fPIC";
-  NIX_LDFLAGS =
-    "-lz -rpath${ if stdenv.isDarwin then " " else "="}${freetype}/lib";
+  patches = [ ./urw-font-files.patch ];
 
-  patches = variant.patches ++ [ ./urw-font-files.patch ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    # "ijs" is impure: it contains symlinks to /usr/share/automake etc.!
-    rm -rf ijs/ltmain.sh
-
-    # Don't install stuff in the Cups store path.
-    makeFlagsArray=(CUPSSERVERBIN=$out/lib/cups CUPSSERVERROOT=$out/etc/cups CUPSDATA=$out/share/cups)
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (variant ? preConfigure) variant.preConfigure;
+  makeFlags = [ "cups_serverroot=$(out)" "cups_serverbin=$(out)/lib/cups" ];
 
   configureFlags =
-    [ "--with-system-libtiff"
+    [ "--with-system-libtiff" "--disable-sse2"
+      "--enable-dynamic"
       (if x11Support then "--with-x" else "--without-x")
-      (if cupsSupport then "--enable-cups --with-install-cups" else "--disable-cups")
+      (if cupsSupport then "--enable-cups" else "--disable-cups")
     ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
   installTargets="install soinstall";
 
-  # ToDo: web says the fonts should be already included
+  #CFLAGS = "-fPIC";
+  #NIX_LDFLAGS =
+  #  "-lz -rpath${ if stdenv.isDarwin then " " else "="}${freetype}/lib";
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    rm -rf jpeg libpng zlib jasper expat tiff lcms{,2} jbig2dec openjpeg freetype cups/libs
+
+    sed "s@if ( test -f \$(INCLUDE)[^ ]* )@if ( true )@; s@INCLUDE=/usr/include@INCLUDE=/no-such-path@" -i base/unix-aux.mak
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
+    # ToDo: web says the fonts should be already included
     for i in $fonts; do
       (cd $out/share/ghostscript && tar xvfz $i)
     done
+
+    rm -rf $out/lib/cups/filter/{gstopxl,gstoraster}
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.ghostscript.com/";
+    description = "PostScript interpreter (mainline version)";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Ghostscript is the name of a set of tools that provides (i) an
+      interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format,
+      (ii) a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that
+      implement the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive
+      operations in the PostScript language, and (iii) a wide variety
+      of output drivers for various file formats and printers.
+    '';
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/purity.patch b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/purity.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c92ecf593a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/purity.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Don't look for files under `/usr/include' since we don't have that directory
-under NixOS.
-
---- gnu-ghostscript-8.64.0/base/unix-aux.mak	2009-04-19 19:00:20.000000000 +0200
-+++ gnu-ghostscript-8.64.0/base/unix-aux.mak	2009-04-27 11:58:31.000000000 +0200
-@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ $(MKROMFS_XE): $(GLSRC)mkromfs.c $(MKROM
- # The "else true;" is required because Ultrix's implementation of sh -e
- # terminates execution of a command if any error occurs, even if the command
- # traps the error with ||.
--INCLUDE=/usr/include
-+INCLUDE=/no-such-path
- $(gconfig__h): $(UNIX_AUX_MAK) $(ECHOGS_XE)
- 	$(ECHOGS_XE) -w $(gconfig__h) -x 2f2a -s This file was generated automatically by unix-aux.mak. -s -x 2a2f
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/dirent.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_DIRENT_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/ndir.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_NDIR_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/sys/dir.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_DIR_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/sys/ndir.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_NDIR_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/sys/time.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_TIME_H; else true; fi
--	if ( test -f $(INCLUDE)/sys/times.h ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_TIMES_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_DIRENT_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_NDIR_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_DIR_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_NDIR_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_TIME_H; else true; fi
-+	if ( true ); then $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define HAVE_SYS_TIMES_H; else true; fi
- 	if ( test -f $(JSRCDIR)/jmemsys.h); then true; else $(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfig__h) -x 23 define DONT_HAVE_JMEMSYS_H; fi
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ea48c5b28e1..20492f238e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12363,7 +12363,6 @@ let
   ghostscript = callPackage ../misc/ghostscript {
     x11Support = false;
     cupsSupport = config.ghostscript.cups or (!stdenv.isDarwin);
-    gnuFork = config.ghostscript.gnu or false;
   };
 
   ghostscriptX = appendToName "with-X" (ghostscript.override {