diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
index a46f99e454b1..d04712d3418b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
@@ -5,14 +5,21 @@ assert ncurses != null;
 assert readline != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "postgresql-8.2.6";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  name = "postgresql-8.3.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.de.postgresql.org/mirror/postgresql/source/v8.2.6/postgresql-8.2.6.tar.bz2;
-    sha256="056ixbsfmdwhniryc0mr1kl66jywkqqhqvjdi7i3v4qzh9z34hgf";
+    url = http://ftp2.nl.postgresql.org/source/v8.3.0/postgresql-8.3.0.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "19kf0q45d5zd1rxffin0iblizckk8cp6fpgb52sipqkpnmm6sdc5";
   };
 
   inherit readline;
+  
   buildInputs = [zlib ncurses readline];
+
+  LANG = "en_US"; # is this needed anymore?
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The world's most advanced open source database";
+    homepage = http://www.postgresql.org/;
+  };
 }