diff --git a/pkgs/misc/nix/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/nix/builder.sh
index 432034fac375..cbe0a9cdf7db 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/nix/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/misc/nix/builder.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 configureFlags="\
   --with-store-dir=$storeDir --localstatedir=$stateDir \
-  --with-aterm=$aterm --with-bdb=$bdb"
+  --with-aterm=$aterm --with-bdb=$bdb" \
+  --disable-init-state
 
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/nix/default.nix
index 35fae3fbab91..f2f5370532b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/nix/default.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ assert aterm != null && bdb != null && perl != null;
 # assert aterm.version >= 2.0
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "nix-0.5pre927";
+  name = "nix-0.5pre957";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/nix-0.5pre927/nix-0.5pre927.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "57d71f86718ba8e75a5ed16a302fcf39";
+    url = http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/nix-0.5pre957/nix-0.5pre957.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "d3240f08ad7ee3f1eeab26cd2f8ab9b1";
   };
   buildInputs = [aterm bdb perl curl];
   inherit storeDir stateDir aterm bdb;