diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser-bundle-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser-bundle-bin/default.nix
index ffa5d447252..d922de7d6a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser-bundle-bin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/tor-browser-bundle-bin/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 , freetype
 , gdk_pixbuf
 , glib
-, gtk2
+, gtk3
 , libxcb
 , libX11
 , libXext
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ let
     freetype
     gdk_pixbuf
     glib
-    gtk2
+    gtk3
     libxcb
     libX11
     libXext
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ let
   fteLibPath = makeLibraryPath [ stdenv.cc.cc gmp ];
 
   # Upstream source
-  version = "7.5.6";
+  version = "8.0";
 
   lang = "en-US";
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ let
         "https://github.com/TheTorProject/gettorbrowser/releases/download/v${version}/tor-browser-linux64-${version}_${lang}.tar.xz"
         "https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/${version}/tor-browser-linux64-${version}_${lang}.tar.xz"
       ];
-      sha256 = "07z7lg5firyah0897pr04wqnbgf4mvsnk3gq2zgsg1rrwladxz5s";
+      sha256 = "139cizh33x3nzr0f4b2q3cchrv9l01n3c2v0v0mghq30hap55p79";
     };
 
     "i686-linux" = fetchurl {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ let
         "https://github.com/TheTorProject/gettorbrowser/releases/download/v${version}/tor-browser-linux32-${version}_${lang}.tar.xz"
         "https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/${version}/tor-browser-linux32-${version}_${lang}.tar.xz"
       ];
-      sha256 = "1s0k82ch7ypjyc5k5rb4skb9ylnp7b9ipvf8gb7pdhb8m4zjk461";
+      sha256 = "1vw5wh193vs5x3wizz34m2nyzlxpn24727hdxqpiqwlhwhj7y3nx";
     };
   };
 in
@@ -154,10 +154,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pushd "$TBB_IN_STORE"
 
     # Set ELF interpreter
-    for exe in firefox TorBrowser/Tor/tor ; do
+    for exe in firefox.real TorBrowser/Tor/tor ; do
+      echo "Setting ELF interpreter on $exe ..." >&2
       patchelf --set-interpreter "$interp" "$exe"
     done
 
+    # firefox is a wrapper that checks for a more recent libstdc++ & appends it to the ld path
+    mv firefox.real firefox
+
     # The final libPath.  Note, we could split this into firefoxLibPath
     # and torLibPath for accuracy, but this is more convenient ...
     libPath=${libPath}:$TBB_IN_STORE:$TBB_IN_STORE/TorBrowser/Tor
@@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     // Insist on using IPC for communicating with Tor
     //
-    // Defaults to creating $TBB_HOME/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/{socks,control}.socket
+    // Defaults to creating \$TBB_HOME/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/{socks,control}.socket
     lockPref("extensions.torlauncher.control_port_use_ipc", true);
     lockPref("extensions.torlauncher.socks_port_use_ipc", true);
 
@@ -245,10 +249,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i "$FONTCONFIG_FILE" \
         -e "s,<dir>fonts</dir>,<dir>$TBB_IN_STORE/fonts</dir>,"
 
-    # Move default extension overrides into distribution dir, to avoid
-    # having to synchronize between local state and store.
-    mv TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js defaults/pref/torbrowser.js
-
     # Preload extensions by moving into the runtime instead of storing under the
     # user's profile directory.
     mv "$TBB_IN_STORE/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/extensions/"* \
@@ -384,11 +384,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp $desktopItem/share/applications"/"* $out/share/applications
     sed -i $out/share/applications/torbrowser.desktop \
         -e "s,Exec=.*,Exec=$out/bin/tor-browser," \
-        -e "s,Icon=.*,Icon=$out/share/pixmaps/torbrowser.png,"
-
-    # Install icons
-    mkdir -p $out/share/pixmaps
-    cp browser/icons/mozicon128.png $out/share/pixmaps/torbrowser.png
+        -e "s,Icon=.*,Icon=web-browser,"
 
     # Check installed apps
     echo "Checking bundled Tor ..."