diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcommuni/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcommuni/default.nix
index 2dc9c6577a40..6192266bd4aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcommuni/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcommuni/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qtbase, qtdeclarative, qmake, which
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, qtbase, qtdeclarative, qmake, which
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libcommuni-${version}";
-  version = "2016-08-17";
+  version = "3.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "communi";
     repo = "libcommuni";
-    rev = "dedba6faf57c31c8c70fd563ba12d75a9caee8a3";
-    sha256 = "0wvs53z34vfs5xlln4a6sbd4981svag89xm0f4k20mb1i052b20i";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "15crqc7a4kwrfbxs121rpdysw0694hh7dr290gg7pm61akvnrqcm";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ qtbase qtdeclarative ];
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   # Hack to avoid TMPDIR in RPATHs.
-  preFixup = ''rm -rf "$(pwd)" '';
+  preFixup = "rm -rf lib";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A cross-platform IRC framework written with Qt";