diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sdcc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sdcc/default.nix
index a246a413f50d..7383f39f6cbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sdcc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sdcc/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, bison, flex, boost, gputils ? null }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, bison, flex, boost, texinfo, gputils ? null }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "3.5.0";
+  version = "3.6.0";
   name = "sdcc-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/sdcc/sdcc-src-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1aazz0yynr694q0rich7r03qls0zvsjc00il14pb4i22c78phagq";
+    sha256 = "0x53gh5yrrfjvlnkk29mjn8hq4v52alrsf7c8nsyzzq13sqwwpg8";
   };
 
   # TODO: remove this comment when gputils != null is tested
-  buildInputs = [ bison flex boost gputils ];
+  buildInputs = [ bison flex boost texinfo gputils ];
 
   configureFlags = ''
     ${if gputils == null then "--disable-pic14-port --disable-pic16-port" else ""}
   '';
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "--std=c99"; # http://sourceforge.net/p/sdcc/code/9106/
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Small Device C Compiler";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 959f7f6ea038..9e3998bb152b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5808,7 +5808,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   scalafmt = callPackage ../development/tools/scalafmt { };
 
-  sdcc = callPackage ../development/compilers/sdcc { boost = boost159; };
+  sdcc = callPackage ../development/compilers/sdcc { };
 
   serpent = callPackage ../development/compilers/serpent { };