diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gnulib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gnulib/default.nix
index 316c38706d3d..368a1520ca00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/gnulib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gnulib/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "gnulib";
-  version = "20190811";
+  version = "20200223";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnulib.git;
-    rev = "6430babe47ece6953cf18ef07c1d8642c8588e89";
-    sha256 = "14kgykbjly03dlb25sllcfcrpk7zkypa449gr3zbqv4rhpmnzizg";
+    rev = "292fd5d6ff5ecce81ec3c648f353732a9ece83c0";
+    sha256 = "0hkg3nql8nsll0vrqk4ifda0v4kpi67xz42r8daqsql6c4rciqnw";
   };
 
   dontFixup = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xprintidle-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xprintidle-ng/default.nix
index 117a612381f6..4ae457dab4a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xprintidle-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xprintidle-ng/default.nix
@@ -19,20 +19,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace "AC_PREREQ([2.62])" "AC_PREREQ([2.63])"
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoconf automake gettext git gnulib
     help2man libtool perl pkgconfig texinfo
   ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
-    cp -r "${gnulib}" gnulib
-    chmod a+rX,u+w -R gnulib
-    ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=gnulib
+    ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=${gnulib}
     ./configure --prefix="$out"
   '';
 
   buildInputs = [
-    libX11 libXScrnSaver libXext  
+    libX11 libXScrnSaver libXext
   ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/2.0x.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/2.0x.nix
index 3f5485718dc5..3eec453824d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/2.0x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/2.0x.nix
@@ -83,12 +83,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
       unset CPP # setting CPP intereferes with dependency calculation
 
-      cp -r ${gnulib} $PWD/gnulib
-      chmod u+w -R $PWD/gnulib
-
       patchShebangs .
 
-      ./bootstrap --no-git --gnulib-srcdir=$PWD/gnulib
+      ./bootstrap --no-git --gnulib-srcdir=${gnulib}
 
       substituteInPlace ./configure --replace '/usr/share/fonts/unifont' '${unifont}/share/fonts'
     '';