diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/default.nix
index 16a0e5dc6cb8..edc3e7d51e3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, x11, zlib, libjpeg, imake, gccmakedep, libXmu, libXaw, libXpm, libXp , perl, xauth}:
 
-# if you have any trouble connecting to the tightvnc server try $ rm ~/.Xauthority
-# Dunno what happens here but it works.
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "tightvnc-1.3.9";
+  name = "tightvnc-1.3.10";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   gcc=stdenv.gcc.gcc;
 	inherit perl;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/vnc-tight/tightvnc-1.3.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0nij6kyzwxf7nblwd6riwqhzh8b8xwdffpj379zi5y9mcmiwmalr";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/vnc-tight/tightvnc-1.3.10_unixsrc.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "f48c70fea08d03744ae18df6b1499976362f16934eda3275cead87baad585c0d";
   };
+
+  # for the builder script
+  inherit xauth;
+
   buildInputs = [x11 zlib libjpeg imake gccmakedep libXmu libXaw libXpm libXp
   	xauth];
 }