diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/calligra/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/calligra/default.nix
index 3d1eada1db61..d1f1cc2f03fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/calligra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/calligra/default.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,32 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, automoc4, cmake, kdelibs, attica, perl, zlib, libpng, boost, mesa
-, kdepimlibs, createresources ? null, eigen, qca2, exiv2, soprano, marble, lcms2
-, fontconfig, freetype, sqlite, icu, libwpd, libwpg, pkgconfig, poppler_qt4
-, libkdcraw, libxslt, fftw, glew, gsl, shared_desktop_ontologies, okular
-, libvisio, kactivities, mysql, postgresql, freetds, xbase, openexr, ilmbase
-, libodfgen, opencolorio, openjpeg, pstoedit, librevenge
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, automoc4, cmake, perl, pkgconfig, kdelibs, lcms2, libpng, eigen
+, exiv2, boost, sqlite, icu, vc, shared_mime_info, librevenge, libodfgen, libwpg
+, libwpd, poppler_qt4, ilmbase, gsl, qca2, marble, libvisio, libmysql, postgresql
+, freetds, fftw, glew, libkdcraw, pstoedit, opencolorio, kdepimlibs
+, kactivities, okular, git
+# TODO: not found
+#, xbase, openjpeg
+# TODO: package libWPS, Spnav, m2mml, LibEtonyek
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "calligra-2.8.7";
+  name = "calligra-2.9.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kde/stable/${name}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1d8fx0xn8n8y6jglw8hhpk7kr6kbhsbaxqwqlfzmnzh7x9s8nsxg";
+    sha256 = "08a5k8gjmzp9yzq46xy0p1sw7dpvxmxh8zz6dyj8q1dq29719kkc";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ automoc4 cmake perl pkgconfig ];
 
-# TODO: package Vc, libWPS, Spnav, m2mml, LibEtonyek, poppler-qt4-xpdf-headers
-# not found: xbase, openjpeg(too new)
-
   buildInputs = [
-    kdelibs attica zlib libpng boost mesa kdepimlibs
-    createresources eigen qca2 exiv2 soprano marble lcms2 fontconfig freetype
-    sqlite icu libwpd libwpg poppler_qt4 libkdcraw libxslt fftw glew gsl
-    shared_desktop_ontologies okular libodfgen opencolorio openjpeg
-    libvisio kactivities mysql.lib postgresql freetds xbase openexr pstoedit
-    librevenge
+    kdelibs lcms2 libpng eigen
+    exiv2 boost sqlite icu vc shared_mime_info librevenge libodfgen libwpg
+    libwpd poppler_qt4 ilmbase gsl qca2 marble libvisio libmysql postgresql
+    freetds fftw glew libkdcraw pstoedit opencolorio kdepimlibs
+    kactivities okular git
   ];
 
-  patches = [ ./librevenge.patch ];
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${ilmbase}/include/OpenEXR";
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "A suite of productivity applications";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9aca437fb43c..ed176ef4de84 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14201,7 +14201,9 @@ let
 
           bluedevil = callPackage ../tools/bluetooth/bluedevil { };
 
-          calligra = callPackage ../applications/office/calligra { eigen = eigen2; };
+          calligra = callPackage ../applications/office/calligra {
+            vc = vc_0_7;
+          };
 
           choqok = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/choqok { };