diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dict/buildfix.diff b/pkgs/servers/dict/buildfix.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index e30fcb2b0380..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/dict/buildfix.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.in~	2011-03-06 18:52:54.000000000 +0100
-+++ Makefile.in	2014-01-29 19:04:51.384844897 +0100
-@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
- 
- %: %.o
- 	$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ -static \
--		$^ $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lz ${LIBS}
-+	    $(^:.o=.lo) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lz ${LIBS}
- 
- include $(srcdir)/deps
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dict/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dict/default.nix
index 1fb7c24418f0..51de674eb9f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dict/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, which, bison, flex, libmaa, zlib, libtool }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, which, bison, flex }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.12.1";
-  name = "dictd-${version}";
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "dictd-1.9.15";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/dict/dictd-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0min6v60b6z5mrymyjfwzx8nv6rdm8pd8phlwl6v2jl5vkngcdx2";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/dict/dictd-1.9.15.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0p41yf72l0igmshz6vxy3hm51z25600vrnb9j2jpgws4c03fqnac";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ flex bison which libmaa zlib libtool ];
-
-  patchPhase = "patch -p0 < ${./buildfix.diff}";
+  buildInputs = [ flex bison which ];
+  
   configureFlags = "--datadir=/var/run/current-system/share/dictd";
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Dict protocol server and client";
-    maintainers = maintainers.mornfall;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; mornfall;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b1fb47c9be75..9187a6f0aad0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6107,9 +6107,7 @@ let
 
   dico = callPackage ../servers/dico { };
 
-  dict = callPackage ../servers/dict {
-      libmaa = callPackage ../servers/dict/libmaa.nix {};
-  };
+  dict = callPackage ../servers/dict { };
 
   dictdDBs = recurseIntoAttrs (import ../servers/dict/dictd-db.nix {
     inherit builderDefs;