diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/0001-xdg-open-recognize-KDE_SESSION_VERSION.patch b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/0001-xdg-open-recognize-KDE_SESSION_VERSION.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e7dcf2918672..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/0001-xdg-open-recognize-KDE_SESSION_VERSION.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 2059662f6bd5de59144d6825d93cb5783110cd97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 17:07:50 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] xdg-open: recognize KDE_SESSION_VERSION
-
----
- scripts/xdg-open | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/scripts/xdg-open b/scripts/xdg-open
-index b8db0aa..9fcf458 100755
---- a/scripts/xdg-open
-+++ b/scripts/xdg-open
-@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ open_kde()
-     if kde-open -v 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
-         kde-open "$1"
-     else
--        if [ x"$KDE_SESSION_VERSION" = x"4" ]; then
-+        if [ $KDE_SESSION_VERSION -gt 3 ]; then
-             kfmclient openURL "$1"
-         else
-             kfmclient exec "$1"
--- 
-2.1.4
-
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
index 3e4615609e06..8434e651dbed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, file }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, file, libxslt, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, xmlto, w3m }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "xdg-utils-1.1.0-rc1";
+  name = "xdg-utils-1.1.0-rc3p7";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "00lisw4x43sp189lb7dz46j2l09y5v2fijk3d0sxx3mvwj55a1bv";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils";
+    rev = "e8ee3b18d16e41b95148111b920a0c8beed3ac6c";
+    sha256 = "0qy9h7vh6sw7wmadjvasw4sdhb9fvv7bn32ifgasdx7ag3r3939w";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./0001-xdg-open-recognize-KDE_SESSION_VERSION.patch ];
+  # just needed when built from git
+  buildInputs = [ libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xsl xmlto w3m ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/xdg-mime --replace /usr/bin/file ${file}/bin/file
@@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
+