diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/paper-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/paper-icon-theme/default.nix
index 9e793caf9de..f161d6fbbd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/paper-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/paper-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -3,21 +3,17 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${package-name}-${version}";
   package-name = "paper-icon-theme";
-  version = "2017-02-13";
+  version = "2017-11-20";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "snwh";
     repo = package-name;
-    rev = "fcaf8bb2aacdd1bb7dcde3d45ef92d0751567e8e";
-    sha256 = "1l1w99411jrv4l7jr5dvwszghrncsir23c7lpc26gh2f0ydf3d0d";
+    rev = "af0296ecc872ad723fad7dca6e7e89eb85cbb3a8";
+    sha256 = "18a9zl9lbw9gc3zas49w329xrps4slvkp4nv815nlnmimz8dj85m";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace Makefile.am --replace '$(DESTDIR)'/usr $out
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Modern icon theme designed around bold colours and simple geometric shapes";
     homepage = https://snwh.org/paper;