diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/redhat-liberation-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/redhat-liberation-fonts/default.nix
index 81de83aecef3..f6d98088ef95 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/redhat-liberation-fonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/redhat-liberation-fonts/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, fontforge, pythonPackages, python}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "liberation-fonts-1.04";
+  name = "liberation-fonts-2.00.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/liberation-fonts/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "189i6pc4jqhhmsb9shi8afg9af9crpmz9bnlldhqaxavr1bhj38f";
+    sha256 = "1ymryvd2nw4jmw4w5y1i3ll2dn48rpkqzlsgv7994lk6qc9cdjvs";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ fontforge pythonPackages.fonttools python ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    cp -v *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    cp -v $(find . -name '*.ttf') $out/share/fonts/truetype
 
     mkdir -p "$out/doc/${name}"
-    cp -v AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING License.txt README "$out/doc/${name}"
+    cp -v AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING License.txt README "$out/doc/${name}" || true
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d9c6161c1d16..d731dd9ea0e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8709,8 +8709,9 @@ let
 
   kochi-substitute-naga10 = callPackage ../data/fonts/kochi-substitute-naga10 {};
 
-  liberation_ttf = callPackage ../data/fonts/redhat-liberation-fonts { };
+  liberation_ttf_from_source = callPackage ../data/fonts/redhat-liberation-fonts { };
   liberation_ttf_binary = callPackage ../data/fonts/redhat-liberation-fonts/binary.nix { };
+  liberation_ttf = liberation_ttf_binary;
 
   libertine = builderDefsPackage (import ../data/fonts/libertine) {
     inherit fetchurl fontforge lib;