diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox/default.nix
index 053e8a9c9739..5d004db60e3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,34 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libtoxcore
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, libtoxcore
 , conf ? null }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ratox-0.2.1";
+let
+  configFile = optionalString (conf!=null) (builtins.toFile "config.h" conf);
+in
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://git.2f30.org/ratox/snapshot/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0xnw3zcz9frmcxqhwg38hhnsy1g5xl9yc19nl0vwi5awz8wqqy19";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ratox-0.4";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.2f30.org/ratox.git";
+    rev = "0db821b7bd566f6cfdc0cc5a7bbcc3e5e92adb4c";
+    sha256 = "0wmf8hydbcq4bkpsld9vnqw4zfzf3f04vhgwy17nd4p5p389fbl5";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./ldlibs.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = [ libtoxcore ];
 
-  configFile = optionalString (conf!=null) (builtins.toFile "config.h" conf);
   preConfigure = optionalString (conf!=null) "cp ${configFile} config.def.h";
 
-  preBuild = "makeFlags=PREFIX=$out";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
-  meta =
-    { description = "FIFO based tox client";
-      homepage = http://ratox.2f30.org/;
-      license = licenses.isc;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-    };
+  meta = {
+    description = "FIFO based tox client";
+    homepage = http://ratox.2f30.org/;
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox/ldlibs.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox/ldlibs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1406e7143107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox/ldlibs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--- a/config.mk
++++ b/config.mk
+@@ -13 +13 @@ LDFLAGS  = -L/usr/local/lib
+-LDLIBS   = -ltoxcore -ltoxav -ltoxencryptsave -lsodium -lopus -lvpx -lm -lpthread
++LDLIBS   = -ltoxcore -ltoxav -ltoxencryptsave -lm -lpthread
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/old-api.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/old-api.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5757e94559a8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/old-api.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, libsodium, ncurses, libopus
-, libvpx, check, libconfig, pkgconfig }:
-
-let
-  version = "4c220e336330213b151a0c20307d0a1fce04ac9e";
-  date = "20150126";
-
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "tox-core-old-${date}-${builtins.substring 0 7 version}";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "irungentoo";
-    repo   = "toxcore";
-    rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "152yamak9ykl8dgkx1qzyrpa3f4xr1s8lgcb5k58r9lb1iwnhvqc";
-  };
-
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s";
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # within Nix chroot builds, localhost is unresolvable
-    sed -i -e '/DEFTESTCASE(addr_resolv_localhost)/d' \
-      auto_tests/network_test.c
-    # takes WAAAY too long (~10 minutes) and would timeout
-    sed -i -e '/DEFTESTCASE[^(]*(many_clients\>/d' \
-      auto_tests/tox_test.c
-  '';
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-libsodium-headers=${libsodium.dev}/include"
-    "--with-libsodium-libs=${libsodium.out}/lib"
-    "--enable-ntox"
-    "--enable-daemon"
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook libsodium ncurses
-    check libconfig pkgconfig
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isArm) [
-    libopus
-  ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isArm) [ libvpx ];
-
-  # Some tests fail randomly due to timeout. This kind of problem is well known
-  # by upstream: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/{950,1054}
-  # They don't recommend running tests on 50core machines with other cpu-bound
-  # tests running in parallel.
-  #
-  # NOTE: run the tests locally on your machine before upgrading this package!
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "P2P FOSS instant messaging application aimed to replace Skype with crypto";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric jgeerds ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5442f5a5f6bd..58f5b38bb766 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9782,8 +9782,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libtorrentRasterbar_1_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/1.0.nix { };
 
-  libtoxcore-old = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtoxcore/old-api.nix { };
-
   libtoxcore-new = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtoxcore/new-api.nix { };
 
   libtoxcore = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtoxcore { };
@@ -16625,9 +16623,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ratmen = callPackage ../tools/X11/ratmen {};
 
-  ratox = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox {
-    libtoxcore = libtoxcore-old;
-  };
+  ratox = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/ratox { };
 
   ratpoison = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/ratpoison { };