diff --git a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/snapshot.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix
similarity index 62%
rename from pkgs/misc/sane-backends/snapshot.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix
index 8b74db5df44d..2455923bbb80 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/snapshot.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ in
 assert hotplugSupport -> (stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux");
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sane-backends-1.0.22.git20121123";
+  name = "sane-backends-1.0.22.482-g071f226";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.sane-project.org/snapshots/sane-backends-git20121123.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "d13a8c9e85af52f7be2e45c70cb93a76ec04b76e7fc983809e7d70389b6e7ae5";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "http://git.debian.org/git/sane/sane-backends.git";
+    rev = "071f2269cd68d3411cbfa05a3d028b74496db970";
+    sha256 = "178xkv30m6irk4k0gqnfcl5kramm1qyj24dar8gp32428z1444xf";
   };
 
   udevSupport = hotplugSupport;
@@ -29,4 +30,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       "mkdir -p \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx ; ln -s " + firmware.fw +
       " \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx/" + firmware.name
     else "";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.sane-project.org/";
+    description = "Scanner Access Now Easy";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix
similarity index 74%
rename from pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix
index ac6fed5deb46..0fcfca747410 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, hotplugSupport ? true, libusb ? null, libv4l ? null
-, pkgconfig ? null
-, gt68xxFirmware ? null }:
-let
-  firmware = gt68xxFirmware {inherit fetchurl;};
-in
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, hotplugSupport ? true, libusb ? null, libv4l ? null, pkgconfig ? null , gt68xxFirmware ? null }:
+
 assert hotplugSupport -> (stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux");
 
+let
+  firmware = gt68xxFirmware { inherit fetchurl; };
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.0.23";
   name = "sane-backends-${version}";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/sane-backends_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "4d4f5b2881615af7fc0ed75fdde7dc623a749e80e40f3f792fe4010163cbb029";
   };
-  
+
   udevSupport = hotplugSupport;
 
   buildInputs = []
@@ -32,8 +31,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   preInstall =
-    if gt68xxFirmware != null then 
+    if gt68xxFirmware != null then
       "mkdir -p \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx ; ln -s " + firmware.fw +
       " \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx/" + firmware.name
     else "";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.sane-project.org/";
+    description = "Scanner Access Now Easy";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/frontends.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/frontends.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c768e29873e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/frontends.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, saneBackends, libX11, gtk, pkgconfig, libusb ? null}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sane-frontends-1.0.14";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/sane-frontends-1.0.14/${name}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "c63bf7b0bb5f530cf3c08715db721cd3";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -e '/SANE_CAP_ALWAYS_SETTABLE/d' -i src/gtkglue.c
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [saneBackends libX11 gtk pkgconfig] ++
+	(if (libusb != null) then [libusb] else []);
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.sane-project.org/";
+    description = "Scanner Access Now Easy";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/xsane/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/xsane.nix
similarity index 68%
rename from pkgs/misc/xsane/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/xsane.nix
index 8dd99c3c74d0..c4fdf3a00440 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/xsane/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/xsane.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, saneBackends, saneFrontends,
-	libX11, gtk, pkgconfig, libpng, libusb ? null}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, saneBackends, saneFrontends, libX11, gtk, pkgconfig, libpng, libusb ? null }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xsane-0.998";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.xsane.org/download/xsane-0.998.tar.gz;
+    url = "http://www.xsane.org/download/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0vn2cj85ijgp2v2j2h9xpqmg2jwlbxmwyb88kxhjjakqay02ybm3";
   };
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = http://www.sane-project.org/;
     description = "Graphical scanning frontend for sane";
     license = "GPLv2+";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric simons];
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/sane-front/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/sane-front/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9427d17ac648..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/sane-front/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, saneBackends, libX11, gtk,
-	pkgconfig, libusb ? null}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sane-frontend";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/sane-frontends-1.0.14/sane-frontends-1.0.14.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "c63bf7b0bb5f530cf3c08715db721cd3";
-  };
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -e '/SANE_CAP_ALWAYS_SETTABLE/d' -i src/gtkglue.c
-  '';
-
-  buildInputs = [saneBackends libX11 gtk pkgconfig] ++ 
-	(if (libusb != null) then [libusb] else []);
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a9e55ef2a8eb..9294800f684a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8950,16 +8950,17 @@ let
 
   xlockmore = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/xlockmore { };
 
-  saneBackends = callPackage ../misc/sane-backends {
+  saneBackends = callPackage ../applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix {
     gt68xxFirmware = config.sane.gt68xxFirmware or null;
     hotplugSupport = config.sane.hotplugSupport or true;
   };
 
-  saneBackendsSnapshot = callPackage ../misc/sane-backends/snapshot.nix {
+  saneBackendsGit = callPackage ../applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix {
     gt68xxFirmware = config.sane.gt68xxFirmware or null;
+    hotplugSupport = config.sane.hotplugSupport or true;
   };
 
-  saneFrontends = callPackage ../misc/sane-front { };
+  saneFrontends = callPackage ../applications/graphics/sane/frontends.nix { };
 
   slock = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/slock { };
 
@@ -9058,9 +9059,9 @@ let
 
   xosd = callPackage ../misc/xosd { };
 
-  xsane = callPackage ../misc/xsane {
+  xsane = callPackage ../applications/graphics/sane/xsane.nix {
     libpng = libpng12;
-    saneBackends = saneBackendsSnapshot;
+    saneBackends = saneBackends;
   };
 
   yafc = callPackage ../applications/networking/yafc { };