diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/freemind/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/freemind/default.nix
index f67138e66a77..eeb269e580c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/freemind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/freemind/default.nix
@@ -1,51 +1,42 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, jdk, jre, ant, coreutils, gnugrep }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jdk, jre, ant }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "freemind-0.9.0";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "freemind-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/freemind/freemind-src-0.9.0.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1qd535gwx00d8z56mplxli5529yds2gsmbgla5b0bhhmsdwmrxmf";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/freemind/freemind-src-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "06c6pm7hpwh9hbmyah3lj2wp1g957x8znfwc5cwygsi7dc98b0h1";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ jdk ant ];
 
-  phases = "unpackPhase patchPhase buildPhase installPhase";
+  preConfigure = ''
+    chmod +x check_for_duplicate_resources.sh
+    sed 's,/bin/bash,${stdenv.shell},' -i check_for_duplicate_resources.sh
 
-  patchPhase = ''
-    # There is a complain about this. I don't understand it.
-    mkdir plugins/plugins
+    ## work around javac encoding errors
+    export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF8"
   '';
 
-  buildPhase="ant dist";
-  
-  # LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=true :
-  # don't know yet what this option really means but I'm no longer getting
-  #   Checking Java Version...
-  #   Locking assertion failure.  Backtrace:
-  #   java: xcb_xlib.c:82: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed
-  # this way
-  # reference and more info https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java5/+bug/86103
-  # JDK 7 beta seems to have fixed this (bug ?)
+  buildPhase = "ant dist";
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/{bin,nix-support}
     cp -r ../bin/dist $out/nix-support
     sed -i 's/which/type -p/' $out/nix-support/dist/freemind.sh
-    cat > $out/bin/freemind << EOF
-    #!/bin/sh
-    export PATH=${coreutils}/bin:${gnugrep}/bin:"$PATH"
-    export JAVA_HOME="${jre}"
-    export LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=true
-    $out/nix-support/dist/freemind.sh
-    EOF
 
+    cat >$out/bin/freemind <<EOF
+    #! /bin/sh
+    JAVA_HOME=${jre} $out/nix-support/dist/freemind.sh
+    EOF
     chmod +x $out/{bin/freemind,nix-support/dist/freemind.sh}
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Mind-mapping software";
     homepage = http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page;
-    license = "GPL";
-  }; 
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9936330936c2..1e0a66614a62 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10871,10 +10871,7 @@ let
     inherit (pythonPackages) matplotlib pycollada;
   };
 
-  freemind = callPackage ../applications/misc/freemind {
-    jdk = jdk;
-    jre = jdk;
-  };
+  freemind = callPackage ../applications/misc/freemind { };
 
   freenet = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/freenet { };