diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
index ed2c4db20f7c..5aaa18e5ac68 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, ant, jdk, makeWrapper }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jdk, makeWrapper }:
 
-let version = "1.8.0"; in
+let version = "1.9.0.273"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "clojure-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/clojure/clojure/${version}/clojure-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "1nip095fz5c492sw15skril60i1vd21ibg6szin4jcvyy3xr6cym";
+    url = "https://download.clojure.org/install/clojure-tools-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0xmrq3xvr002jgq8m1j0y5ld0rcr49608g3gqxgyxzjqswacglb4";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ unzip ant jdk makeWrapper ];
-
-  buildPhase = "ant jar";
+  buildInputs = [ jdk makeWrapper ];
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/java $out/bin
-    install -t $out/share/java clojure.jar
-    makeWrapper ${jdk.jre}/bin/java $out/bin/clojure --add-flags "-cp $out/share/java/clojure.jar clojure.main"
+    pwd
+    ls -la
+    mkdir -p $out/libexec $out/bin
+    cp -f deps.edn example-deps.edn $out
+    cp -f clojure-tools-${version}.jar $out/libexec
+    sed -i -e "s@PREFIX@$out@g" clojure
+    cp -f clj clojure $out/bin
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {