diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix
index a6148e3a4da0..396f69181b69 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix
@@ -2,25 +2,30 @@ args: with args; stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "wmii-20070516";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.suckless.org/snaps/wmii-snap20070304.tgz;
-    sha256 = "01ba1qk48n6wgpnavdwakgwmv895jvqvi75sm2wsvd6bqmc2xp86";
+    url = http://www.suckless.org/download/wmii-3.6.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "05mj651yv02rvkpqqkgwp8307nrrqpcwfv5k8186kx2yiiw9pws6";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libX11 libixp ];
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libixp xextproto libXt libXext ];
   inherit libixp;
 
   phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
 
   installPhase = "
+     for i in libfmt libutf libregexp libbio; do
+       cd $i; make; cd ..
+     done
+     mkdir -p \$out/lib
+     cp ${libixp}/lib/libixp.a \$out/lib
      export CFLAGS=\$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE
      export LDFLAGS\=$(echo \$NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/-rpath/-L/g')
      sed -i -e \"s%^PREFIX.*%PREFIX=\$out%\" \\
             -e \"s%^\\(INCS.*\\)%\\1 \$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE%\" \\
             -e \"s%^\\(LIBS.*\\)%\\1 \$LDFLAGS%\" \\
-	    -e 's%^\\(AWKPATH = \\).*%\\1${gawk}/bin/gawk%' \\
+            -e 's%^\\(AWKPATH = \\).*%\\1${gawk}/bin/gawk%' \\
             config.mk
      # don't use the default one installed by nixos!
-     sed -i -e \"s%ixpc%\$libixp/bin/ixpc%\" wmiir
+     #sed -i -e \"s%ixpc%\$libixp/bin/ixpc%\" wmiir
      make install
   ";
   meta = { homepage = "www.suckless.org";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp/libixp-0.3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp/libixp-0.3.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b56c7d15cca6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp/libixp-0.3.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libixp-0.3";
-  description = "libixp is a stand-alone client/server 9P library including ixpc client which behaves like wmiir in the past. Its server api is based heavily on Plan 9's lib9p";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.suckless.org/snaps/libixp-0.3.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "d341eb9c8f5d233aba5aa2ea8295ca91";
-  };
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii/default.nix
index 6ee94a52dd20..c3fcd0d8100c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii/default.nix
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libixp_for_wmii";
   phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
   installPhase = "
-
      export LDFLAGS\=$(echo \$NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/-rpath/-L/g')
      sed -i -e \"s%^PREFIX.*%PREFIX=\$out%\" \\
             -e \"s%^\\(INCLUDE.*\\)%\\1 \$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE%\" \\
             -e \"s%^\\(LIBS.*\\)%\\1 \$LDFLAGS%\" \\
             config.mk
-     make install
+     make
+     mkdir -p \$out/include
+     cp -r include/*.h \$out/include
+     cp -r lib \$out
   ";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.suckless.org/snaps/libixp-20070220.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0bhqgrxp0lnwyf3c9165nldyw300mifyh0mlyfg1i5qr54rk7p79";
+    url = http://www.suckless.org/download/libixp-0.4.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0b44p9wvmzxpyf2xd86rxyr49bmfh9cd5hj3d234gkvynvgph60p";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cffe12b5e173..1e1c78e866ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3051,10 +3051,6 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libxml2;
   };
 
-  libixp03 = import ../development/libraries/libixp/libixp-0.3.nix {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
-  };
-
   libixp_for_wmii = lowPrio (import ../development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   });
@@ -6480,7 +6476,7 @@ let pkgs = rec {
 
   # I'm keen on wmiimenu only  >wmii-3.5 no longer has it... 
   wmiimenu = import ../applications/window-managers/wmii31 {
-    libixp = libixp03;
+    libixp = libixp_for_wmii;
     inherit fetchurl /* fetchhg */ stdenv gawk;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11;
   };
@@ -6488,7 +6484,8 @@ let pkgs = rec {
   wmiiSnap = import ../applications/window-managers/wmii {
     libixp = libixp_for_wmii;
     inherit fetchurl /* fetchhg */ stdenv gawk;
-    inherit (xlibs) libX11;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11 xextproto libXt libXext;
+    includeUnpack = getConfig ["stdenv" "includeUnpack"] false;
   };
 
   wordnet = import ../applications/misc/wordnet {