diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
index a49bfd9cccf4..52cd2ad35ce1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
@@ -1,58 +1,26 @@
-args : 
-let 
-  lib = args.lib;
-  fetchurl = args.fetchurl;
-  fullDepEntry = args.fullDepEntry;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+, gtk2, alsaLib
+, fftw, gsl
+}:
 
-  version = lib.attrByPath ["version"] "9.4" args; 
-  buildInputs = with args; [gtk glib pkgconfig 
-     libXpm gmp gettext libX11 fftw]
-      ++ (lib.optional (args ? ruby) args.ruby)
-      ++ (lib.optional (args ? mesa) args.mesa)
-      ++ (lib.optional (args ? guile) args.guile)
-      ++ (lib.optional (args ? libtool) args.libtool)
-      ++ (lib.optional (args ? sndlib) args.sndlib)
-      ++ (lib.optional (args ? alsaLib) args.alsaLib)
-      ++ (lib.optional (args ? jackaudio) args.jackaudio)
-      ;
-  configureFlags = ["--with-gtk" "--with-xpm"]
-    ++ (lib.optional (args ? ruby)   "--with-ruby" )
-    ++ (lib.optional (args ? mesa)   "--with-gl"   )
-    ++ (lib.optional (args ? guile)  "--with-guile")
-    ++ (lib.optional (args ? sndlib) "--with-midi" )
-    ++ (lib.optional (args ? alsaLib)  "--with-alsa")
-    ++ (lib.optional (args ? jackaudio) "--with-jack" )
-    ++ [ "--with-fftw" "--htmldir=$out/share/snd/html" "--with-doc-dir=$out/share/snd/html" ]
-    ;
-in
-rec {
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/snd/snd-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0zqgfnkvkqxby1k74mwba1r4pb520glcsz5jjmpzm9m41nqnghmm";
-  };
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "snd-14.3";
 
-  inherit buildInputs;
-  configureFlags = [];
-
-  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "preBuild" "makeDocsWork" 
-    "doMakeInstall" "doForceShare"];
-
-  makeDocsWork = fullDepEntry ''
-                # hackish way to make html docs work
-                h="$out/share/snd/html"; mkdir -p "$h"; cp *.html "$h"
-                patch -p1 < ${./doc.patch}
-                sed "s@HTML-DIR@$h@" -i index.scm snd-help.c
-            '' ["defEnsureDir"];
-
-  preBuild = fullDepEntry (''
-		export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${args.libX11}/lib -lX11"
-            '') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "makeDocsWork"];
-
-  name = "snd-" + version;
   meta = {
     description = "Sound editor";
     homepage = http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/snd;
-    inherit src;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/snd/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "04shk34pza507kvm40dc6sdz5jz533z4q2h7m9hgqvw1r3f57ms6";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk2 alsaLib
+    fftw gsl
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/doc.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/doc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c40151e9881..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/doc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/index.scm b/index.scm
-index 2148a58..713939c 100644
---- a/index.scm
-+++ b/index.scm
-@@ -18,24 +18,7 @@ and if one is found, and the Snd documentation can be found, calls (html-program
- 	    (lambda (n)
- 	      ;; look for doc on current dir, then html dir, then global dir
- 	      ;; snd.html is what we'll search for
--	      (let ((dir (if (file-exists? "snd.html") 
--			     (getcwd)
--			     (if (and (string? (html-dir))
--				      (file-exists? (string-append (html-dir) "/snd.html")))
--				 (html-dir)
--				 (if (file-exists? "/usr/share/doc/snd-9/snd.html")
--				     "/usr/share/doc/snd-9"
--				     (if (file-exists? "/usr/local/share/doc/snd-9/snd.html")
--					 "/usr/local/share/doc/snd-9"
--					 (if (file-exists? "/usr/doc/snd-9/snd.html")
--					     "/usr/doc/snd-9"
--					     (if (file-exists? "/usr/share/doc/snd-8/snd.html")
--						 "/usr/share/doc/snd-8"
--						 (if (file-exists? "/usr/local/share/doc/snd-8/snd.html")
--						     "/usr/local/share/doc/snd-8"
--						     (if (file-exists? "/usr/doc/snd-8/snd.html")
--							 "/usr/doc/snd-8"
--							 #f))))))))))
-+	      (let (dir "HTML-DIR")
- 		(if dir
- 		    (if (or (string=? (html-program) "netscape")
- 			    (string=? (html-program) "mozilla")
-diff --git a/snd-help.c b/snd-help.c
-index a6557e0..a40a02e 100644
---- a/snd-help.c
-+++ b/snd-help.c
-@@ -3554,26 +3554,7 @@ static char *doc_files[DOC_DIRECTORIES] = {
-   
- static char *html_directory(void)
- {
--  int i;
--  if (mus_file_probe("snd.html"))
--    return(mus_getcwd());
--  if (html_dir(ss))
--    {
--      bool happy;
--      char *hd = NULL;
--      hd = (char *)CALLOC(snd_strlen(html_dir(ss)) + 16, sizeof(char));
--      sprintf(hd, html_dir(ss), "/snd.html");
--      happy = mus_file_probe(hd);
--      FREE(hd);
--      if (happy) return(copy_string(html_dir(ss)));
--    }
--#ifdef MUS_DEFAULT_DOC_DIR
--  if (mus_file_probe(MUS_DEFAULT_DOC_DIR "/snd.html"))
--    return(copy_string(MUS_DEFAULT_DOC_DIR "/snd.html"));
--#endif
--  for (i = 0; i < DOC_DIRECTORIES; i++)
--    if (mus_file_probe(doc_files[i])) return(copy_string(doc_directories[i]));
--  return(NULL);
-+  return (copy_string ("HTML-DIR"));
- }
- 
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 223f78971b4b..f6b00604239e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8854,17 +8854,7 @@ let
 
   smartdeblur = callPackage ../applications/graphics/smartdeblur { };
 
-  sndBase = lowPrio (builderDefsPackage (import ../applications/audio/snd) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv stringsWithDeps lib fftw;
-    inherit pkgconfig gmp gettext;
-    inherit (xlibs) libXpm libX11;
-    inherit gtk glib;
-  });
-
-  snd = sndBase.passthru.function {
-    inherit mesa libtool jackaudio alsaLib;
-    guile = guile_1_8;
-  };
+  snd = callPackage ../applications/audio/snd { };
 
   shntool = callPackage ../applications/audio/shntool { };