diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/simpleitk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/simpleitk/default.nix
index 445a8bc5f21d..319f955b9584 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/simpleitk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/simpleitk/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, git, swig, lua, itk4, tcl, tk }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, swig, lua, itk }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "simpleitk";
-  version = "1.2.4";
+  version = "2.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "SimpleITK";
     repo = "SimpleITK";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0dvf2407z9n6lczm0l5vzcvpw6r6z1wzrs2gk3dqjrgynq6952qr";
+    sha256 = "1nf3cl3ywqg04446xhkb97kcashrgibsihxn2sqrs81i9d0rw5kn";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake git swig ];
-  buildInputs = [ lua itk4 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake swig ];
+  buildInputs = [ lua itk ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-Wno-attributes'" ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  # 2.0.0: linker error building examples
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF" "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = "http://www.simpleitk.org";
+    homepage = "https://www.simpleitk.org";
     description = "Simplified interface to ITK";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8f50fe1a546b..77b8f406c43d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15340,9 +15340,7 @@ in
 
   simp_le = callPackage ../tools/admin/simp_le { };
 
-  simpleitk = callPackage ../development/libraries/simpleitk {
-    lua = lua51Packages.lua;
-  };
+  simpleitk = callPackage ../development/libraries/simpleitk { };
 
   sfml = callPackage ../development/libraries/sfml {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit Foundation AppKit OpenAL;