diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/antimicro/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/antimicro/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ad86bdef80af..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/antimicro/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ mkDerivation, lib, cmake, pkgconfig, SDL2, qtbase, qttools, xorg, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "antimicro";
-  version = "2.23";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "AntiMicro";
-    repo = "antimicro";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1q40ayxwwyq85lc89cnj1cm2nar625h4vhh8dvmb2qcxczaggf4v";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    SDL2 qtbase qttools xorg.libXtst
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "GUI for mapping keyboard and mouse controls to a gamepad";
-    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jb55 ];
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
-    broken = true; # 2018-04-10
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/antimicroX/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/antimicroX/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23418ced829e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/antimicroX/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ mkDerivation
+, lib
+, cmake
+, extra-cmake-modules
+, pkgconfig
+, SDL2
+, qtbase
+, qttools
+, qtx11extras
+, xorg
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, itstool
+}:
+
+mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "antimicroX";
+  version = "3.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "juliagoda";
+    repo = "antimicroX";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0li22sjl95233azxhyda36idnfzbb4b02wf57hnpnba6qvrlpwwl";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake extra-cmake-modules pkgconfig itstool ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    qtbase
+    qttools
+    qtx11extras
+    xorg.libX11
+    xorg.libXtst
+    xorg.libXi
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "GUI for mapping keyboard and mouse controls to a gamepad";
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jb55 ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 5bc4021ea087..64c2d6f369e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   aircrackng = aircrack-ng; # added 2016-01-14
   alienfx = throw "alienfx has been removed."; # added 2019-12-08
   ammonite-repl = ammonite; # added 2017-05-02
+  antimicro = throw "antimicro has been removed as it was broken, see antimicroX instead."; # added 2020-08-06
   arduino_core = arduino-core;  # added 2015-02-04
   asciidocFull = asciidoc-full;  # added 2014-06-22
   at_spi2_atk = at-spi2-atk; # added 2018-02-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e3b61d59dba3..9fb087e8b6ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25943,7 +25943,7 @@ in
 
   android-file-transfer = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/filesystems/android-file-transfer { };
 
-  antimicro = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/antimicro { };
+  antimicroX = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/antimicroX { };
 
   atari800 = callPackage ../misc/emulators/atari800 { };