diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
index 59fb1f5a867..6373eb9f7f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, apr, aprutil, subversion, db4, kdelibs, expat }:
 
+# the homepage mentions this is the final release.
+# from now on, kdesvn will be part of the official kde software distribution
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "kdesvn-1.5.5";
+  name = "kdesvn-1.6.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "${meta.homepage}/downloads/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "02sb34p04dyd88ksxvpiffhxqwmhs3yv1wif9m8w0fly9hvy1zk7";
+  src = fetchurl rec {
+    url = "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/kdesvn/${name}.tar.bz2/${md5}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    md5 = "7e6adc98ff4777a06d5752d3f2b58fa3";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''
     sed -i -e "s|/usr|${subversion}|g" src/svnqt/cmakemodules/FindSubversion.cmake
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./docbook.patch ./virtual_inheritance.patch ];
-  
-
   buildInputs = [ apr aprutil subversion db4 kdelibs expat ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/docbook.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/docbook.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 54f43c77958..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/docbook.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-The name of the dtd changed in kdelibs 4.5, so we need to increase it.
-
-diff --git a/doc/nl/index.docbook b/doc/nl/index.docbook
-index 8747869..a9676aa 100644
---- a/doc/nl/index.docbook
-+++ b/doc/nl/index.docbook
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- <?xml version="1.0" ?>
--<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
-+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
-   <!ENTITY kdesvn "<application>kdesvn</application>">
-   <!ENTITY kappname "&kdesvn;"><!-- Do *not* replace kappname-->
-   <!ENTITY package "kde-module"><!-- kdebase, kdeadmin, etc -->
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/virtual_inheritance.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/virtual_inheritance.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index faaf6afcd6b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/virtual_inheritance.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- kdesvn-1.5.5.orig/src/svnfrontend/graphtree/revgraphview.h
-+++ kdesvn-1.5.5/src/svnfrontend/graphtree/revgraphview.h
-@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ typedef svn::SharedPointer<KTemporaryFil
- /**
- 	@author Rajko Albrecht <ral@alwins-world.de>
- */
--class RevGraphView : virtual public QGraphicsView
-+class RevGraphView : public QGraphicsView
- {
-     Q_OBJECT
- public: