diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/davfs2/davfs2-install.patch b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/davfs2/davfs2-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 93e9b09a9145..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/davfs2/davfs2-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc davfs2-1.4.1/src/Makefile.in davfs2-1.4.1-new/src/Makefile.in
-*** davfs2-1.4.1/src/Makefile.in	2009-06-13 18:31:22.000000000 +0200
---- davfs2-1.4.1-new/src/Makefile.in	2009-09-22 09:12:09.523154536 +0200
-***************
-*** 489,500 ****
-  
-  
-  install-exec-hook:
-! 	chmod u+s $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/mount.davfs; \
-! 	if test "$(sbindir)" != "$(ssbindir)"; then \
-! 	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(ssbindir); \
-! 	  $(LN_S) -f $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/mount.davfs $(DESTDIR)$(ssbindir)/mount.davfs; \
-! 	  $(LN_S) -f $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/umount.davfs $(DESTDIR)$(ssbindir)/umount.davfs; \
-! 	fi
-  
-  uninstall-hook:
-  	if test "$(sbindir)" != "$(ssbindir)"; then \
---- 489,495 ----
-  
-  
-  install-exec-hook:
-! 	chmod u+s $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/mount.davfs; 
-  
-  uninstall-hook:
-  	if test "$(sbindir)" != "$(ssbindir)"; then \
-diff -rc davfs2-1.4.1/src/mount_davfs.c davfs2-1.4.1-new/src/mount_davfs.c
-*** davfs2-1.4.1/src/mount_davfs.c	2009-06-12 11:54:58.000000000 +0200
---- davfs2-1.4.1-new/src/mount_davfs.c	2009-09-22 09:45:21.462726033 +0200
-***************
-*** 2327,2335 ****
-      }
-      if (st.st_uid != geteuid())
-          error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("file %s has wrong owner"), filename);
-!     if ((st.st_mode &
-            (S_IXUSR | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO | S_ISUID | S_ISGID | S_ISVTX)) != 0)
-!         error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("file %s has wrong permissions"), filename);
-  
-      FILE *file = fopen(filename, "r");
-      if (!file) {
---- 2327,2335 ----
-      }
-      if (st.st_uid != geteuid())
-          error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("file %s has wrong owner"), filename);
-! /*    if ((st.st_mode &
-            (S_IXUSR | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO | S_ISUID | S_ISGID | S_ISVTX)) != 0)
-!         error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("file %s has wrong permissions"), filename); */
-  
-      FILE *file = fopen(filename, "r");
-      if (!file) {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/davfs2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/davfs2/default.nix
index d16af28010c2..20b71af6331d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/davfs2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/davfs2/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, neon, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "davfs2-1.4.7";
+  name = "davfs2-1.5.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/davfs2/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0i7hrwlfzisb4l2mza1kjj9q9xxixggjplsjm339zl7828mfxh2h";
+    sha256 = "0n5k2xxfxmbsavg5fhp65lmy30hq9jg3w242rdzafvksnnda2d5y";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ neon zlib ];
 
-  patches = [ ./davfs2-install.patch ./isdir.patch ./fix-sysconfdir.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./isdir.patch ./fix-sysconfdir.patch ];
 
   configureFlags = "--sysconfdir=/etc";
 
+  makeFlags = ["sbindir=$(out)/sbin" "ssbindir=$(out)/sbin"];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/davfs2";
     description = "mount WebDAV shares like a typical filesystem";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b35c94d692f0..200084285fbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1185,9 +1185,7 @@ in
 
   darkstat = callPackage ../tools/networking/darkstat { };
 
-  davfs2 = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/davfs2 {
-    neon = neon_0_29;
-  };
+  davfs2 = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/davfs2 { };
 
   dbench = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/dbench { };