diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libharu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libharu/default.nix
index eb617ed6b9e9..5d120f61e086 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libharu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libharu/default.nix
@@ -1,40 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, libpng, patchutils }:
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, cmake, zlib, libpng }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libharu-2.2.1";
+  name = "libharu-2.3.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://libharu.org/files/libharu-2.2.1.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "04493rjb4z8f04p3kjvnya8phg4b0vzy3mbdbp8jfy0dhvqg4h4j";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = https://github.com/libharu/libharu/archive/RELEASE_2_3_0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "15s9hswnl3qqi7yh29jyrg0hma2n99haxznvcywmsp8kjqlyg75q";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = "--with-zlib=${zlib} --with-png=${libpng}";
-
-  buildInputs = [ zlib libpng ];
-
-  patches =
-    [ (stdenv.mkDerivation {
-        name = "linpng15.patch";
-
-        src = fetchurl {
-          url = https://github.com/libharu/libharu/commit/e5bf8b01f6c3d5e3fe0e26ac5345e0da10c03934.diff;
-          sha256 = "07k2x5d4pvpf8a5hvfb9pj0dpjgcvv8sdvxwx3wzbwqsf9swwrxb";
-        };
-
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ patchutils ];
-
-        buildCommand = "filterdiff -x '*/CHANGES' $src > $out";
-      })
-      (fetchurl {
-        url = https://github.com/libharu/libharu/commit/b472b64ab44d834eb29d237f31bf12396fee9aca.diff;
-        name = "endless-loop.patch";
-        sha256 = "1jrajz6zdch2pyzjkhmhm1b6ms8dk62snps7fwphnpvndrm4h4rr";
-      })
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib libpng cmake ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Cross platform, open source library for generating PDF files";
-    homepage = http://libharu.org/wiki/Main_Page;
+    homepage = http://libharu.org/;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.zlib;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;