diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libva-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libva-utils/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fad721059124..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libva-utils/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
-, libdrm, libva
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libva-utils-${version}";
-  inherit (libva) version;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "01org";
-    repo   = "libva-utils";
-    rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "02n51cvp8bzzjk4fargwvgh7z71y8spg24hqgaawbp3p3ahh7xxi";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ libdrm libva ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "VAAPI tools: Video Acceleration API";
-    homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi;
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
index dca548a6f9d0..031ac781651c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
@@ -1,43 +1,36 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
-, libXext, libdrm, libXfixes, wayland, libffi, libX11
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, libX11, pkgconfig, libXext, libdrm, libXfixes, wayland, libffi
 , mesa_noglu
 , minimal ? true, libva
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libva-${lib.optionalString (!minimal) "full-"}${version}";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  name = "libva-${version}";
+  version = "1.7.3";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "01org";
-    repo   = "libva";
-    rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "1x8rlmv5wfqjz3j87byrxb4d9vp5b4lrrin2fx254nwl3aqy15hy";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1ndrf136rlw03xag7j1xpmf9015d1h0dpnv6v587jnh6k2a17g12";
   };
 
-  outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
+  outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libdrm ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!minimal) [ libva libX11 libXext libXfixes wayland libffi mesa_noglu ];
   # TODO: share libs between minimal and !minimal - perhaps just symlink them
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  configureFlags =
+    [ "--with-drivers-path=${mesa_noglu.driverLink}/lib/dri" ] ++
+    lib.optionals (!minimal) [ "--enable-glx" ];
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-drivers-path=${mesa_noglu.driverLink}/lib/dri"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (!minimal) [ "--enable-glx" ];
-
-  installFlags = [
-    "dummy_drv_video_ladir=$(out)/lib/dri"
-  ];
+  installFlags = [ "dummy_drv_video_ladir=$(out)/lib/dri" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "VAAPI library: Video Acceleration API";
     homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi;
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
+    description = "VAAPI library: Video Acceleration API";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vaapi-intel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vaapi-intel/default.nix
index edb2a8214dde..49f638a7bc56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vaapi-intel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vaapi-intel/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, gnum4, pkgconfig, python2
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gnum4, pkgconfig, python2
 , intel-gpu-tools, libdrm, libva, libX11, mesa_noglu, wayland, libXext
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "intel-vaapi-driver-${version}";
-  inherit (libva) version;
+  version = "1.8.2";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "01org";
-    repo   = "libva-intel-driver";
-    rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "1832nnva3d33wv52bj59bv62q7a807sdxjqqq0my7l9x7a4qdkzz";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva-intel-driver/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "00mpcvininwr5c4wyhp16s4bddg7vclxxjm2sfq5h7lifjcxyv46";
   };
 
   patchPhase = ''
@@ -27,12 +25,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-wayland"
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gnum4 pkgconfig python2 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ gnum4 pkgconfig python2 ];
 
   buildInputs = [ intel-gpu-tools libdrm libva libX11 libXext mesa_noglu wayland ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://cgit.freedesktop.org/vaapi/intel-driver/;
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7c84d08be3f7..8812bf05ef01 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9784,7 +9784,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libva = callPackage ../development/libraries/libva { };
   libva-full = libva.override { minimal = false; };
-  libva-utils = callPackage ../development/libraries/libva-utils { };
 
   libvdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvdpau { };