diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.14.6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.14.6.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bceacd318ec6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.14.6.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-args: with args;
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gettext-0.14.6";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnu/gettext/gettext-0.14.6.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "c26fc7f0a493c5c7c39bbc4e7ed42790";
-  };
-  configureFlags = "--disable-csharp";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.15.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.15.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c417aafe50f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.15.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-args: with args;
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gettext-0.15";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnu/gettext/gettext-0.15.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "16bc6e4d37ac3d07495f737a2349a22b";
-  };
-  configureFlags = "--disable-csharp";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.17.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.17.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6063f74612b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/0.17.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gettext-" + version;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/gettext/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1fipjpaxxwifdw6cbr7mkxp1yvy643i38nhlh7124bqnisxki5i0";
+  };
+  configureFlags = "--disable-csharp";
+}