diff --git a/pkgs/games/dxx-rebirth/default.nix b/pkgs/games/dxx-rebirth/default.nix
index c2e3fac7e15d..f949cf69835d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/dxx-rebirth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/dxx-rebirth/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 , fetchpatch
 , scons
 , pkg-config
-, SDL
-, SDL_mixer
+, SDL2
+, SDL2_image
+, SDL2_mixer
 , libGLU
 , libGL
 , libpng
@@ -21,21 +22,23 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dxx-rebirth";
-  version = "0.59.20200202";
+  version = "unstable-2022-09-17";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dxx-rebirth";
     repo = "dxx-rebirth";
-    rev = "8ebb66c5c9c74ebb93d49741cc9545f2bb7fa05d";
-    sha256 = "1lsrlp47aby2m9hh7i3nv5rb0srlkmnq1w2ca6vyvlga9m9h7jrk";
+    rev = "ad46235b67a24a38dec4734f94a59eba149ad94a";
+    hash = "sha256-vIAY1O4VnOsV617J5yjg09JIL/vK4Fb/lopnX17g+uY=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config scons ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libGLU libGL libpng physfs SDL SDL_mixer ];
+  buildInputs = [ libGLU libGL libpng physfs SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  sconsFlags = [ "sdl2=1" ];
+
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
     "-Wno-format-nonliteral"
     "-Wno-format-truncation"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cc922c117f57..e508cc2b57c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33414,8 +33414,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dwarf-therapist = dwarf-fortress-packages.dwarf-therapist;
 
-  dxx-rebirth = callPackage ../games/dxx-rebirth
-    { stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat; physfs = physfs_2; };
+  dxx-rebirth = callPackage ../games/dxx-rebirth { };
 
   inherit (callPackages ../games/dxx-rebirth/assets.nix { })
     descent1-assets