diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix
index a03ac8287521..4cba9bc06687 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, boost }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "mini-httpd-1.4";
+  name = "mini-httpd-1.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/mini-httpd/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1i46klkx2ca1cgmlilajkx8gf7b7d7c2sj58llxfllh184pb6cpd";
+    sha256 = "1x4b6x40ymbaamqqq9p97lc0mnah4q7bza04fjs35c8agpm19zir";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ boost ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  # Fixes compat with boost 1.59
-  # Please attempt removing when updating
-  CPPFLAGS = "-DBOOST_ERROR_CODE_HEADER_ONLY -DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED";
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://mini-httpd.nongnu.org/";
     description = "a minimalistic high-performance web server";