diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index 7b74cfcdb11..714a2882d5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -10,18 +10,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "vlc-${version}";
-  version = "2.0.7";
+  version = "2.0.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/${version}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "052kfkpd0r2fwkyz97qhz2a368xqxa905qacrd1bkl2bkvahfc94";
+    sha256 = "00hpbm0v424yhfzqyxrvrvfjkbvf3f43yqk6h1qhwmnl8n1z4am0";
   };
 
-  postPatch = /* flac 1.3.0 fix */ ''
-    sed -i -e 's:stream_decoder.h:FLAC/stream_decoder.h:' modules/codec/flac.c
-    sed -i -e 's:stream_encoder.h:FLAC/stream_encoder.h:' modules/codec/flac.c
-  '';
-
   buildInputs =
     [ xz bzip2 perl zlib a52dec libmad faad2 ffmpeg alsaLib libdvdnav libdvdnav.libdvdread
       libbluray dbus fribidi qt4 libvorbis libtheora speex lua5 libgcrypt