diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kmsxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kmsxx/default.nix
index 71e88559dee6..70058db4c0a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kmsxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kmsxx/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, libdrm, python }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, libdrm
+, withPython ? false, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "kmsxx";
-  version = "2018-10-23";
+  version = "2019-10-28";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tomba";
     repo = "kmsxx";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    rev = "c0093c91f0fa2fd6a5b9d1b206a6f44dcd55bfb5";
-    sha256 = "03rv92r938nxb4k4gwcvxy76jnhxdx6x60b58jws83285hd9rgkf";
+    rev = "d29da28c7f2a0212d834136fe64fb8ca96a0a235";
+    sha256 = "0r94qjyy3s36s32s1xkzij0g2pfwigmyrshw8ni2xli7mg87g1zm";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  cmakeFlags = stdenv.lib.optional (!withPython) "-DKMSXX_ENABLE_PYTHON=OFF";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libdrm python ];
 
-  pythonPath = [ ];
-  passthru.python = python;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C++11 library, utilities and python bindings for Linux kernel mode setting";
     homepage = https://github.com/tomba/kmsxx;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ec5759cd98f5..cf87c9b994bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15923,9 +15923,7 @@ in
 
   kmscube = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kmscube { };
 
-  kmsxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/kmsxx {
-    stdenv = gcc6Stdenv;
-  };
+  kmsxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/kmsxx { };
 
   latencytop = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/latencytop { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c4151922d625..1c38b47576ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4322,12 +4322,13 @@ in {
 
   kmapper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kmapper { };
 
-  kmsxx = (callPackage ../development/libraries/kmsxx {
+  kmsxx = toPythonModule ((callPackage ../development/libraries/kmsxx {
     inherit (pkgs.kmsxx) stdenv;
     inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig;
+    withPython = true;
   }).overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
     name = "${python.libPrefix}-${pkgs.kmsxx.name}";
-  });
+  }));
 
   precis-i18n = callPackage ../development/python-modules/precis-i18n { };