diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pax-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pax-utils/default.nix
index a35b8181544f..1351a4417638 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pax-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pax-utils/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pax-utils-${version}";
-  version = "1.1.1";
+  version = "1.1.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dev.gentoo.org/~vapier/dist/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0gldvyr96jgbcahq7rl3k4krzyhvlz95ckiqh3yhink56s5z58cy";
+    sha256 = "04hvsizzspfzfq6hhfif7ya9nwsc0cs6z6n2bq1zfh7agd8nqhzm";
   };
 
   makeFlags = [
-    "DESTDIR=$(out)"
     "PREFIX=$(out)"
   ];