diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/deadpixi-sam/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/deadpixi-sam/default.nix
index 463865d26bf7..e17fb402ed38 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/deadpixi-sam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/deadpixi-sam/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, freetype, libX11, libXi, libXt, libXft }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2017-10-27";
   pname = "deadpixi-sam-unstable";
+  version = "2020-07-14";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "deadpixi";
     repo = "sam";
-    rev = "51693780fb1457913389db6634163998f9b775b8";
-    sha256 = "0nfkj93j4bgli4ixbk041nwi14rabk04kqg8krq4mj0044m1qywr";
+    rev = "5d8acb35d78c327d76f00a54857cbd566ed9bc11";
+    sha256 = "sha256-+vRh6nDPc3UnmEdqROHRel5Te0h5m4eiaERs492xciQ=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace config.mk.def \
       --replace "/usr/include/freetype2" "${freetype.dev}/include/freetype2" \
-      --replace "CC=gcc" ""
+      --replace "CC=gcc" "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
   '';
 
   CFLAGS = "-D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE";
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/deadpixi/sam";
     description = "Updated version of the sam text editor";
-    license = with licenses; lpl-102;
+    license = licenses.lpl-102;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
-    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }