diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/proglodyte-wasm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/proglodyte-wasm/default.nix
index 9a30ae7d8a85..5710f1066757 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/proglodyte-wasm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/proglodyte-wasm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, clang, python, v8_static, coreutils }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, clang, python, v8, coreutils }:
 
 let
   sexpr_wasm_prototype = stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installPhase = ''
     export DESTDIR=$out
     export MKTEMPDIR=${coreutils}/bin
-    export D8DIR=${v8_static}/bin
+    export D8DIR=${v8}/bin
     export SWDIR=${sexpr_wasm_prototype}/bin
     make install
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/5_x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/5_x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b9fa5cc04c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/5_x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub, gyp, readline, python, which, icu
+, patchelf, coreutils, xcbuild
+, doCheck ? false
+, static ? false
+}:
+
+assert readline != null;
+
+let
+  arch = if stdenv.isx86_64 then "x64"
+            else if stdenv.isi686 then "ia32"
+            else if stdenv.isAarch64 then "arm64"
+            else if stdenv.isAarch32 then "arm"
+            else throw "Unknown architecture for v8";
+  git_url = "https://chromium.googlesource.com";
+  clangFlag = if stdenv.isDarwin then "1" else "0";
+  sharedFlag = if static then "static_library" else "shared_library";
+
+  deps = {
+    "build" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/build.git";
+      rev = "2c67d4d74b6b3673228fab191918500a582ef3b0";
+      sha256 = "0jc7hci5yh792pw0ahjfxrk5xzllnlrv9llmwlgcgn2x8x6bn34q";
+    };
+    "tools/gyp" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/external/gyp.git";
+      rev = "e7079f0e0e14108ab0dba58728ff219637458563";
+      sha256 = "0yd1ds13z0r9d2sb67f9i1gjn1zgzwyfv96qqqp6pn5pcfbialg6";
+    };
+    "third_party/icu" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/chromium/deps/icu.git";
+      rev = "b5ecbb29a26532f72ef482569b223d5a51fd50bf";
+      sha256 = "0ld47wdnk8grcba221z67l3pnphv9zwifk4y44f5b946w3iwmpns";
+    };
+    "buildtools" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/chromium/buildtools.git";
+      rev = "60f7f9a8b421ebf9a46041dfa2ff11c0fe59c582";
+      sha256 = "0i10bw7yhslklqwcx5krs3k05sicb73cpwd0mkaz96yxsvmkvjq0";
+    };
+    "base/trace_event/common" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/base/trace_event/common.git";
+      rev = "315bf1e2d45be7d53346c31cfcc37424a32c30c8";
+      sha256 = "1pp2ygvp20j6g4868hrmiw0j704kdvsi9d9wx2gbk7w79rc36695";
+    };
+    "platform/inspector_protocol" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/inspector_protocol.git";
+      rev = "f49542089820a34a9a6e33264e09b73779407512";
+      sha256 = "1lwpass3p4rpp2kjmxxxpkqyv4lznxhf4i0yy7mmrd7jkpc7kn8k";
+    };
+    "tools/mb" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/tools/mb.git";
+      rev = "0c4dc43c454f26936ddf3074ab8e9a41e3dc03a3";
+      sha256 = "0f96qphbmwn1pprv0a6xf68p01s1jzx2sz6pmadqbrs1dgh1xwnk";
+    };
+    "tools/swarming_client" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/external/swarming.client.git";
+      rev = "7f63a272f7d9785ce41b6d10bb3106c49a968e57";
+      sha256 = "1pmb8bq4qifjf2dzz8c4jdwhlvwgrl9ycjaalcyh1sbh4lx3yvv2";
+    };
+    "testing/gtest" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/google/googletest.git";
+      rev = "6f8a66431cb592dad629028a50b3dd418a408c87";
+      sha256 = "0bdba2lr6pg15bla9600zg0r0vm4lnrx0wqz84p376wfdxra24vw";
+    };
+    "testing/gmock" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/external/googlemock.git";
+      rev = "0421b6f358139f02e102c9c332ce19a33faf75be";
+      sha256 = "1xiky4v98maxs8fg1avcd56y0alv3hw8qyrlpd899zgzbq2k10pp";
+    };
+    "test/benchmarks/data" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/v8/deps/third_party/benchmarks.git";
+      rev = "05d7188267b4560491ff9155c5ee13e207ecd65f";
+      sha256 = "0ad2ay14bn67d61ks4dmzadfnhkj9bw28r4yjdjjyzck7qbnzchl";
+    };
+    "test/mozilla/data" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/v8/deps/third_party/mozilla-tests.git";
+      rev = "f6c578a10ea707b1a8ab0b88943fe5115ce2b9be";
+      sha256 = "0rfdan76yfawqxbwwb35aa57b723j3z9fx5a2w16nls02yk2kqyn";
+    };
+    "test/simdjs/data" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/tc39/ecmascript_simd.git";
+      rev = "baf493985cb9ea7cdbd0d68704860a8156de9556";
+      sha256 = "178r0k40a58c1187gfzqz2i6as34l8cliy1g1x870wyy0qcvlq2q";
+    };
+    "test/test262/data" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/tc39/test262.git";
+      rev = "88bc7fe7586f161201c5f14f55c9c489f82b1b67";
+      sha256 = "0gc7fmaqrgwb6rl02jnrm3synpwzzg0dfqy3zm386r1qcisl93xs";
+    };
+    "test/test262/harness" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/test262-utils/test262-harness-py.git";
+      rev = "cbd968f54f7a95c6556d53ba852292a4c49d11d8";
+      sha256 = "094c3600a4wh1m3fvvlivn290kik1pzzvwabq77lk8bh4jkkv7ki";
+    };
+    "tools/clang" = fetchgit {
+      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/tools/clang.git";
+      rev = "496622ab4aaa5be7e5a9b80617013cb02f45dc87";
+      sha256 = "1gkhk2bzpxwzkirzcqfixxpprbr8mn6rk00krm25daarm3smydmf";
+    };
+  };
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "v8-${version}";
+  version = "5.4.232";
+
+  inherit doCheck;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "v8";
+    repo = "v8";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1nqxbkz75m8xrjih0sj3f3iqvif4192vxdaxzy8r787rihjwg9nx";
+  };
+
+  postUnpack = ''
+    ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+      lib.mapAttrsToList (n: v: ''
+        mkdir -p $sourceRoot/${n}
+        cp -r ${v}/* $sourceRoot/${n}
+      '') deps)}
+  '';
+
+  # Patch based off of:
+  # https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8/tree/v5.1.281.67.0/patches
+  patches = lib.optional (!doCheck) ./libv8-5.4.232.patch;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i 's,#!/usr/bin/env python,#!${python}/bin/python,' gypfiles/gyp_v8
+    sed -i 's,/bin/echo,${coreutils}/bin/echo,' gypfiles/standalone.gypi
+    sed -i '/CR_CLANG_REVISION/ d' gypfiles/standalone.gypi
+    sed -i 's/-Wno-format-pedantic//g' gypfiles/standalone.gypi
+  '';
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    PYTHONPATH="tools/generate_shim_headers:$PYTHONPATH" \
+    PYTHONPATH="$(toPythonPath ${gyp}):$PYTHONPATH" \
+      gypfiles/gyp_v8 \
+        -f make \
+        --generator-output="out" \
+        -Dflock_index=0 \
+        -Dclang=${clangFlag} \
+        -Dv8_enable_i18n_support=1 \
+        -Duse_system_icu=1 \
+        -Dcomponent=${sharedFlag} \
+        -Dconsole=readline \
+        -Dv8_target_arch=${arch} \
+        -Dv8_use_external_startup_data=0
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ which ];
+  buildInputs = [ readline python icu ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin xcbuild
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux patchelf;
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=strict-overflow -Wno-error=unused-function -Wno-error=attributes"
+    + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang " -Wno-error=unused-lambda-capture";
+
+  buildFlags = [
+    "LINK=c++"
+    "-C out"
+    "builddir=$(CURDIR)/Release"
+    "BUILDTYPE=Release"
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = if stdenv.isAarch64 then true else null;
+
+  # the `libv8_libplatform` target is _only_ built as a static library,
+  # and is expected to be statically linked in when needed.
+  # see the following link for further commentary:
+  # https://github.com/cowboyd/therubyracer/issues/391
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -vD out/Release/d8 "$out/bin/d8"
+    install -vD out/Release/mksnapshot "$out/bin/mksnapshot"
+    ${if static then ""
+    else if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
+    install -vD out/Release/libv8.dylib "$out/lib/libv8.dylib"
+    install_name_tool -change /usr/local/lib/libv8.dylib $out/lib/libv8.dylib -change /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib ${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib $out/bin/d8
+    install_name_tool -id $out/lib/libv8.dylib -change /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib ${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib $out/lib/libv8.dylib
+    '' else ''
+    install -vD out/Release/lib.target/libv8.so "$out/lib/libv8.so"
+    ''}
+    mkdir -p "$out/include"
+    cp -vr include/*.h "$out/include"
+    cp -vr include/libplatform "$out/include"
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
+    cp -v  out/Release/*.a "$out/lib"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Google's open source JavaScript engine";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan proglodyte ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/6_x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/6_x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d0c0d91bb5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/6_x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub, gn, ninja, python, glib, pkgconfig
-, doCheck ? false
-, snapshot ? true
-}:
-
-let
-  arch = if stdenv.isAarch32
-         then if stdenv.is64bit
-              then"arm64"
-              else "arm"
-         else if stdenv.is64bit
-              then"x64"
-              else "ia32";
-  git_url = "https://chromium.googlesource.com";
-
-  # This data is from the DEPS file in the root of a V8 checkout
-  deps = {
-    "base/trace_event/common" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/base/trace_event/common.git";
-      rev    = "211b3ed9d0481b4caddbee1322321b86a483ca1f";
-      sha256 = "080sya1dg32hi5gj7zr3r5l18r6w8g0imajyf3xfvnz67a2i8dd7";
-    };
-    "build" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/build.git";
-      rev    = "7315579e388589b62236ad933f09afd1e838d234";
-      sha256 = "14gsigyjfm03kfzmz0v6429b6qnycvzx0yj3vwaks8may26aiv71";
-    };
-    "buildtools" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/buildtools.git";
-      rev    = "0dd5c6f980d22be96b728155249df2da355989d9";
-      sha256 = "0m1fh0qjcx9c69khnqcsqvrnqs7ji6wfxns9vv9mknj20sph5ydr";
-    };
-    "test/benchmarks/data" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/v8/deps/third_party/benchmarks.git";
-      rev    = "05d7188267b4560491ff9155c5ee13e207ecd65f";
-      sha256 = "0ad2ay14bn67d61ks4dmzadfnhkj9bw28r4yjdjjyzck7qbnzchl";
-    };
-    "test/mozilla/data" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/v8/deps/third_party/mozilla-tests.git";
-      rev    = "f6c578a10ea707b1a8ab0b88943fe5115ce2b9be";
-      sha256 = "0rfdan76yfawqxbwwb35aa57b723j3z9fx5a2w16nls02yk2kqyn";
-    };
-    "test/test262/data" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/external/github.com/tc39/test262.git";
-      rev    = "a6c1d05ac4fed084fa047e4c52ab2a8c9c2a8aef";
-      sha256 = "1cy3val2ih6r4sbaxd1v9fir87mrlw1kr54s64g68gnch53ck9s3";
-    };
-    "test/test262/harness" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/external/github.com/test262-utils/test262-harness-py.git";
-      rev    = "0f2acdd882c84cff43b9d60df7574a1901e2cdcd";
-      sha256 = "00brj5avp43yamc92kinba2mg3a2x1rcd7wnm7z093l73idprvkp";
-    };
-    "test/wasm-js" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/external/github.com/WebAssembly/spec.git";
-      rev    = "2113ea7e106f8a964e0445ba38f289d2aa845edd";
-      sha256 = "07aw7x2xzmzk905mqf8gbbb1bi1a5kv99g8iv6x2p07d3zns7xzx";
-    };
-    "third_party/depot_tools" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git";
-      rev    = "fb734036f4b5ae6d5afc63cbfc41d3a5d1c29a82";
-      sha256 = "1738y7xgfnn0hfdr8g5jw7555841ycxbn580mdffwv4jnbn7120s";
-    };
-    "third_party/googletest/src" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/external/github.com/google/googletest.git";
-      rev    = "ce468a17c434e4e79724396ee1b51d86bfc8a88b";
-      sha256 = "0nik8wb1b0zk2sslawgp5h211r5bc4x7m962dgnmbk11ccvsmr23";
-    };
-    "third_party/icu" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/deps/icu.git";
-      rev    = "a9a2bd3ee4f1d313651c5272252aaf2a3e7ed529";
-      sha256 = "1bfyxakgv9z0rxbqsy5csi85kg8dqy7i6zybmng5wyzag9cns4f9";
-    };
-    "third_party/instrumented_libraries" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/instrumented_libraries.git";
-      rev    = "323cf32193caecbf074d1a0cb5b02b905f163e0f";
-      sha256 = "0q3n3ivqva28qpn67ds635521pwzpc9apcyagz65i9j17bb1k231";
-    };
-    "third_party/jinja2" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/jinja2.git";
-      rev    = "b41863e42637544c2941b574c7877d3e1f663e25";
-      sha256 = "1qgilclkav67m6cl2xq2kmzkswrkrb2axc2z8mw58fnch4j1jf1r";
-    };
-    "third_party/markupsafe" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/markupsafe.git";
-      rev    = "8f45f5cfa0009d2a70589bcda0349b8cb2b72783";
-      sha256 = "168ppjmicfdh4i1l0l25s86mdbrz9fgxmiq1rx33x79mph41scfz";
-    };
-    "third_party/proguard" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/proguard.git";
-      rev    = "eba7a98d98735b2cc65c54d36baa5c9b46fe4f8e";
-      sha256 = "1yx86z2p243b0ykixgqz6nlqfp8swa6n0yl5fgb29fa4jvsjz3d1";
-    };
-    "tools/clang" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/tools/clang.git";
-      rev    = "c0b1d892b2bc1291eb287d716ca239c1b03fb215";
-      sha256 = "1mz1pqzr2b37mymbkqkmpmj48j7a8ig0ibaw3dfilbx5nbl4wd2z";
-    };
-    "tools/gyp" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/external/gyp.git";
-      rev    = "d61a9397e668fa9843c4aa7da9e79460fe590bfb";
-      sha256 = "1z081h72mjy285jb1kj5xd0pb4p12n9blvsimsavyn3ldmswv0r0";
-    };
-    "tools/luci-go" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/tools/luci-go.git";
-      rev    = "abcd908f74fdb155cc8870f5cae48dff1ece7c3c";
-      sha256 = "07c8vanc31wal6aw8v0s499l7ifrgvdvi2sx4ln3nyha5ngxinld";
-    };
-    "tools/swarming_client" = fetchgit {
-      url    = "${git_url}/infra/luci/client-py.git";
-      rev    = "9a518d097dca20b7b00ce3bdfc5d418ccc79893a";
-      sha256 = "1d8nly7rp24gx7q0m01jvsc15nw5fahayfczwd40gzzzkmvhjazi";
-    };
-  };
-
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "v8-${version}";
-  version = "6.9.427.14";
-
-  inherit doCheck;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "v8";
-    repo = "v8";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "13d50iz87qh7v8l8kjky8wqs9rvz02pgw74q8crqi5ywnvvill1x";
-  };
-
-  postUnpack = ''
-    ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
-      lib.mapAttrsToList (n: v: ''
-        mkdir -p $sourceRoot/${n}
-        cp -r ${v}/* $sourceRoot/${n}
-      '') deps)}
-  '';
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    # use our gn, not the bundled one
-    sed -i -e 's#gn_path = .*#gn_path = "${gn}/bin/gn"#' tools/mb/mb.py
-
-    # disable tests
-    if [ "$doCheck" = "" ]; then sed -i -e '/"test:gn_all",/d' BUILD.gn; fi
-
-    # disable sysroot usage
-    chmod u+w build/config build/config/sysroot.gni
-    sed -i build/config/sysroot.gni \
-        -e '/use_sysroot =/ { s#\(use_sysroot =\).*#\1 false#; :a  n; /current_cpu/ { s/^/#/; ba };  }'
-
-    # patch shebangs (/usr/bin/env)
-    patchShebangs tools/dev/v8gen.py
-  '';
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    tools/dev/v8gen.py -vv ${arch}.release -- \
-        is_component_build=true               \
-        ${if snapshot then "v8_use_external_startup_data=false" else "v8_use_snapshot=false"} \
-        is_clang=false                        \
-        linux_use_bundled_binutils=false      \
-        treat_warnings_as_errors=false        \
-        use_custom_libcxx=false               \
-        use_custom_libcxx_for_host=false
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ gn ninja pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ python glib ];
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    ninja -C out.gn/${arch}.release/
-  '';
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -vD out.gn/${arch}.release/d8 "$out/bin/d8"
-    install -vD out.gn/${arch}.release/mksnapshot "$out/bin/mksnapshot"
-    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
-    for f in libicui18n.so libicuuc.so libv8_libbase.so libv8_libplatform.so libv8.so; do
-        install -vD out.gn/${arch}.release/$f "$out/lib/$f"
-    done
-    install -vD out.gn/${arch}.release/icudtl.dat "$out/lib/icudtl.dat"
-    mkdir -p "$out/include"
-    cp -vr include/*.h "$out/include"
-    cp -vr include/libplatform "$out/include"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Google's open source JavaScript engine";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan proglodyte ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/darwin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..629d5e4dc392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/darwin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/toolchain/gcc_toolchain.gni b/toolchain/gcc_toolchain.gni
+index 80e2a362a..df138c87b 100644
+--- a/build/toolchain/gcc_toolchain.gni
++++ b/build/toolchain/gcc_toolchain.gni
+@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ template("gcc_toolchain") {
+         # AIX does not support either -D (deterministic output) or response
+         # files.
+         command = "$ar -X64 {{arflags}} -r -c -s {{output}} {{inputs}}"
++      } else if (current_os == "mac") {
++        command = "$ar {{arflags}} -r -c -s {{output}} {{inputs}}"
+       } else {
+         rspfile = "{{output}}.rsp"
+         rspfile_content = "{{inputs}}"
+@@ -546,7 +548,7 @@ template("gcc_toolchain") {
+ 
+       start_group_flag = ""
+       end_group_flag = ""
+-      if (current_os != "aix") {
++      if (current_os != "aix" && current_os != "mac") {
+         # the "--start-group .. --end-group" feature isn't available on the aix ld.
+         start_group_flag = "-Wl,--start-group"
+         end_group_flag = "-Wl,--end-group "
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
index 2b9fa5cc04c0..f7c4f34e8e6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/default.nix
@@ -1,101 +1,43 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub, gyp, readline, python, which, icu
-, patchelf, coreutils, xcbuild
-, doCheck ? false
-, static ? false
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub
+, gn, ninja, python, glib, pkgconfig, icu
+, xcbuild, darwin
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
-assert readline != null;
-
 let
-  arch = if stdenv.isx86_64 then "x64"
-            else if stdenv.isi686 then "ia32"
-            else if stdenv.isAarch64 then "arm64"
-            else if stdenv.isAarch32 then "arm"
-            else throw "Unknown architecture for v8";
   git_url = "https://chromium.googlesource.com";
-  clangFlag = if stdenv.isDarwin then "1" else "0";
-  sharedFlag = if static then "static_library" else "shared_library";
 
+  # This data is from the DEPS file in the root of a V8 checkout
   deps = {
-    "build" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/build.git";
-      rev = "2c67d4d74b6b3673228fab191918500a582ef3b0";
-      sha256 = "0jc7hci5yh792pw0ahjfxrk5xzllnlrv9llmwlgcgn2x8x6bn34q";
+    "base/trace_event/common" = fetchgit {
+      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/base/trace_event/common.git";
+      rev    = "936ba8a963284a6b3737cf2f0474a7131073abee";
+      sha256 = "14nr22fqdpxma1kzjflj6a865vr3hfnnm2gs4vcixyq4kmfzfcy2";
     };
-    "tools/gyp" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/external/gyp.git";
-      rev = "e7079f0e0e14108ab0dba58728ff219637458563";
-      sha256 = "0yd1ds13z0r9d2sb67f9i1gjn1zgzwyfv96qqqp6pn5pcfbialg6";
+    "build" = fetchgit {
+      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/build.git";
+      rev    = "325e95d6dae64f35b160b3dc7d73218cee5ec079";
+      sha256 = "0dddyxa76p2xpjhmxif05v63i5ar6h5v684fdl667sg84f5bhhxf";
+    };
+    "third_party/googletest/src" = fetchgit {
+      url    = "${git_url}/external/github.com/google/googletest.git";
+      rev    = "5ec7f0c4a113e2f18ac2c6cc7df51ad6afc24081";
+      sha256 = "0gmr10042c0xybxnn6g7ndj1na1mmd3l9w7449qlcv4s8gmfs7k6";
     };
     "third_party/icu" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/deps/icu.git";
-      rev = "b5ecbb29a26532f72ef482569b223d5a51fd50bf";
-      sha256 = "0ld47wdnk8grcba221z67l3pnphv9zwifk4y44f5b946w3iwmpns";
+      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/deps/icu.git";
+      rev    = "960f195aa87acaec46e6104ec93a596da7ae0843";
+      sha256 = "073kh6gpcairgjxf3hlhpqljc13gwl2aj8fz91fv220xibwqs834";
     };
-    "buildtools" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/buildtools.git";
-      rev = "60f7f9a8b421ebf9a46041dfa2ff11c0fe59c582";
-      sha256 = "0i10bw7yhslklqwcx5krs3k05sicb73cpwd0mkaz96yxsvmkvjq0";
+    "third_party/jinja2" = fetchgit {
+      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/jinja2.git";
+      rev    = "b41863e42637544c2941b574c7877d3e1f663e25";
+      sha256 = "1qgilclkav67m6cl2xq2kmzkswrkrb2axc2z8mw58fnch4j1jf1r";
     };
-    "base/trace_event/common" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/base/trace_event/common.git";
-      rev = "315bf1e2d45be7d53346c31cfcc37424a32c30c8";
-      sha256 = "1pp2ygvp20j6g4868hrmiw0j704kdvsi9d9wx2gbk7w79rc36695";
-    };
-    "platform/inspector_protocol" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/inspector_protocol.git";
-      rev = "f49542089820a34a9a6e33264e09b73779407512";
-      sha256 = "1lwpass3p4rpp2kjmxxxpkqyv4lznxhf4i0yy7mmrd7jkpc7kn8k";
-    };
-    "tools/mb" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/tools/mb.git";
-      rev = "0c4dc43c454f26936ddf3074ab8e9a41e3dc03a3";
-      sha256 = "0f96qphbmwn1pprv0a6xf68p01s1jzx2sz6pmadqbrs1dgh1xwnk";
-    };
-    "tools/swarming_client" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/external/swarming.client.git";
-      rev = "7f63a272f7d9785ce41b6d10bb3106c49a968e57";
-      sha256 = "1pmb8bq4qifjf2dzz8c4jdwhlvwgrl9ycjaalcyh1sbh4lx3yvv2";
-    };
-    "testing/gtest" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/google/googletest.git";
-      rev = "6f8a66431cb592dad629028a50b3dd418a408c87";
-      sha256 = "0bdba2lr6pg15bla9600zg0r0vm4lnrx0wqz84p376wfdxra24vw";
-    };
-    "testing/gmock" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/external/googlemock.git";
-      rev = "0421b6f358139f02e102c9c332ce19a33faf75be";
-      sha256 = "1xiky4v98maxs8fg1avcd56y0alv3hw8qyrlpd899zgzbq2k10pp";
-    };
-    "test/benchmarks/data" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/v8/deps/third_party/benchmarks.git";
-      rev = "05d7188267b4560491ff9155c5ee13e207ecd65f";
-      sha256 = "0ad2ay14bn67d61ks4dmzadfnhkj9bw28r4yjdjjyzck7qbnzchl";
-    };
-    "test/mozilla/data" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/v8/deps/third_party/mozilla-tests.git";
-      rev = "f6c578a10ea707b1a8ab0b88943fe5115ce2b9be";
-      sha256 = "0rfdan76yfawqxbwwb35aa57b723j3z9fx5a2w16nls02yk2kqyn";
-    };
-    "test/simdjs/data" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/tc39/ecmascript_simd.git";
-      rev = "baf493985cb9ea7cdbd0d68704860a8156de9556";
-      sha256 = "178r0k40a58c1187gfzqz2i6as34l8cliy1g1x870wyy0qcvlq2q";
-    };
-    "test/test262/data" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/tc39/test262.git";
-      rev = "88bc7fe7586f161201c5f14f55c9c489f82b1b67";
-      sha256 = "0gc7fmaqrgwb6rl02jnrm3synpwzzg0dfqy3zm386r1qcisl93xs";
-    };
-    "test/test262/harness" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/external/github.com/test262-utils/test262-harness-py.git";
-      rev = "cbd968f54f7a95c6556d53ba852292a4c49d11d8";
-      sha256 = "094c3600a4wh1m3fvvlivn290kik1pzzvwabq77lk8bh4jkkv7ki";
-    };
-    "tools/clang" = fetchgit {
-      url = "${git_url}/chromium/src/tools/clang.git";
-      rev = "496622ab4aaa5be7e5a9b80617013cb02f45dc87";
-      sha256 = "1gkhk2bzpxwzkirzcqfixxpprbr8mn6rk00krm25daarm3smydmf";
+    "third_party/markupsafe" = fetchgit {
+      url    = "${git_url}/chromium/src/third_party/markupsafe.git";
+      rev    = "8f45f5cfa0009d2a70589bcda0349b8cb2b72783";
+      sha256 = "168ppjmicfdh4i1l0l25s86mdbrz9fgxmiq1rx33x79mph41scfz";
     };
   };
 
@@ -103,15 +45,23 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "v8-${version}";
-  version = "5.4.232";
+  version = "7.4.255";
 
-  inherit doCheck;
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPi-Distro/chromium-browser/master/debian/patches/revert-Xclang-instcombine-lower-dbg-declare.patch";
+      sha256 = "02hczcg43m36q8j1kv5j3hq9czj9niiil9w13w22vzv2f3c67dvn";
+    })
+    ./darwin.patch
+  ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "v8";
     repo = "v8";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1nqxbkz75m8xrjih0sj3f3iqvif4192vxdaxzy8r787rihjwg9nx";
+    sha256 = "14i0c71hmffzqnq9n73dh9dnabdxhbjhzkhqpk5yv9y90bwrzi2n";
   };
 
   postUnpack = ''
@@ -120,80 +70,46 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         mkdir -p $sourceRoot/${n}
         cp -r ${v}/* $sourceRoot/${n}
       '') deps)}
+    chmod u+w -R .
   '';
 
-  # Patch based off of:
-  # https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8/tree/v5.1.281.67.0/patches
-  patches = lib.optional (!doCheck) ./libv8-5.4.232.patch;
+  gnFlags = [
+    "use_custom_libcxx=false"
+    "is_clang=${if stdenv.cc.isClang then "true" else "false"}"
+    "use_sysroot=false"
+    # "use_system_icu=true"
+    "is_component_build=false"
+    "v8_use_external_startup_data=false"
+    "v8_monolithic=true"
+    "is_debug=true"
+    "is_official_build=false"
+    "treat_warnings_as_errors=false"
+    "v8_enable_i18n_support=true"
+    "use_gold=false"
+    "use_system_xcode=true"
+    # ''custom_toolchain="//build/toolchain/linux/unbundle:default"''
+    ''host_toolchain="//build/toolchain/linux/unbundle:default"''
+    ''v8_snapshot_toolchain="//build/toolchain/linux/unbundle:default"''
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang ''clang_base_path="${stdenv.cc}"'';
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i 's,#!/usr/bin/env python,#!${python}/bin/python,' gypfiles/gyp_v8
-    sed -i 's,/bin/echo,${coreutils}/bin/echo,' gypfiles/standalone.gypi
-    sed -i '/CR_CLANG_REVISION/ d' gypfiles/standalone.gypi
-    sed -i 's/-Wno-format-pedantic//g' gypfiles/standalone.gypi
-  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ gn ninja pkgconfig python ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ xcbuild darwin.DarwinTools ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib icu ];
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    PYTHONPATH="tools/generate_shim_headers:$PYTHONPATH" \
-    PYTHONPATH="$(toPythonPath ${gyp}):$PYTHONPATH" \
-      gypfiles/gyp_v8 \
-        -f make \
-        --generator-output="out" \
-        -Dflock_index=0 \
-        -Dclang=${clangFlag} \
-        -Dv8_enable_i18n_support=1 \
-        -Duse_system_icu=1 \
-        -Dcomponent=${sharedFlag} \
-        -Dconsole=readline \
-        -Dv8_target_arch=${arch} \
-        -Dv8_use_external_startup_data=0
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ which ];
-  buildInputs = [ readline python icu ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin xcbuild
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux patchelf;
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=strict-overflow -Wno-error=unused-function -Wno-error=attributes"
-    + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang " -Wno-error=unused-lambda-capture";
-
-  buildFlags = [
-    "LINK=c++"
-    "-C out"
-    "builddir=$(CURDIR)/Release"
-    "BUILDTYPE=Release"
-  ];
+  ninjaFlags = [ ":d8" "v8_monolith" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = if stdenv.isAarch64 then true else null;
-
-  # the `libv8_libplatform` target is _only_ built as a static library,
-  # and is expected to be statically linked in when needed.
-  # see the following link for further commentary:
-  # https://github.com/cowboyd/therubyracer/issues/391
   installPhase = ''
-    install -vD out/Release/d8 "$out/bin/d8"
-    install -vD out/Release/mksnapshot "$out/bin/mksnapshot"
-    ${if static then ""
-    else if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    install -vD out/Release/libv8.dylib "$out/lib/libv8.dylib"
-    install_name_tool -change /usr/local/lib/libv8.dylib $out/lib/libv8.dylib -change /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib ${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib $out/bin/d8
-    install_name_tool -id $out/lib/libv8.dylib -change /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib ${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib $out/lib/libv8.dylib
-    '' else ''
-    install -vD out/Release/lib.target/libv8.so "$out/lib/libv8.so"
-    ''}
-    mkdir -p "$out/include"
-    cp -vr include/*.h "$out/include"
-    cp -vr include/libplatform "$out/include"
-    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
-    cp -v  out/Release/*.a "$out/lib"
+    install -D d8 $out/bin/d8
+    install -D obj/libv8_monolith.a $out/lib/libv8.a
+    cp -r ../../include $out
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Google's open source JavaScript engine";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan proglodyte ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan proglodyte matthewbauer ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gn/default.nix
index 8c1b55fc5c9a..7ee4c4ee2580 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gn/default.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     install -vD out/gn "$out/bin/gn"
   '';
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A meta-build system that generates NinjaBuild files";
     homepage = https://gn.googlesource.com/gn;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gn/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gn/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75d2edcaf1c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gn/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+gnConfigurePhase() {
+    runHook preConfigure
+
+    echo "gn flags: $gnFlags ${gnFlagsArray[@]}"
+
+    gn gen out/Release --args="$gnFlags ${gnFlagsArray[@]}"
+    cd out/Release/
+
+    runHook postConfigure
+}
+
+if [ -z "$dontUseGnConfigure" -a -z "$configurePhase" ]; then
+    configurePhase=gnConfigurePhase
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/wrapper.nix
index 902d21040501..bc49a48778fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/wrapper.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , runtimeShell, callPackage
 , xcodePlatform ? stdenv.targetPlatform.xcodePlatform or "MacOSX"
 , xcodeVer ? stdenv.targetPlatform.xcodeVer or "9.4.1"
-, sdkVer ? stdenv.targetPlatform.sdkVer or "10.10" }:
+, sdkVer ? stdenv.targetPlatform.sdkVer or "10.12" }:
 
 let
 
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ runCommand "xcodebuild-${xcbuild.version}" {
   ln -s ${platforms} $out/Platforms
   ln -s ${toolchains} $out/Toolchains
 
+  mkdir -p $out/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents
+  ln -s $out $out/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
+
   makeWrapper ${xcbuild}/bin/xcodebuild $out/bin/xcodebuild \
     --add-flags "-xcconfig ${xcconfig}" \
     --add-flags "DERIVED_DATA_DIR=." \
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ runCommand "xcodebuild-${xcbuild.version}" {
     --run '[ "$1" = "-license" ] && exit 0'
 
   substitute ${xcode-select} $out/bin/xcode-select \
-    --subst-var-by DEVELOPER_DIR $out
+    --subst-var-by DEVELOPER_DIR $out/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
   chmod +x $out/bin/xcode-select
 
   substitute ${xcrun} $out/bin/xcrun
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3af78b9f552d..6ca8f60bcb55 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5620,9 +5620,7 @@ in
 
   routino = callPackage ../tools/misc/routino { };
 
-  rq = callPackage ../development/tools/rq {
-    v8 = v8.override { static = true; };
-  };
+  rq = callPackage ../development/tools/rq { };
 
   rsnapshot = callPackage ../tools/backup/rsnapshot { };
 
@@ -8613,9 +8611,7 @@ in
   tcl-8_5 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/tcl/8.5.nix { };
   tcl-8_6 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/tcl/8.6.nix { };
 
-  proglodyte-wasm = callPackage ../development/interpreters/proglodyte-wasm {
-    v8_static = v8.override { static = true; };
-  };
+  proglodyte-wasm = callPackage ../development/interpreters/proglodyte-wasm { };
 
   wasm-gc = callPackage ../development/interpreters/wasm-gc { };
 
@@ -13469,11 +13465,7 @@ in
     stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin then stdenv else overrideCC stdenv gcc5;
   };
 
-  v8_6_x = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8/6_x.nix {
-    inherit (python2Packages) python;
-  };
-
-  v8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8 ({
+  v8_5_x = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8/5_x.nix ({
     inherit (python2Packages) python gyp;
     icu = icu58; # v8-5.4.232 fails against icu4c-59.1
   } // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux {
@@ -13481,6 +13473,14 @@ in
     stdenv = overrideCC stdenv gcc6;
   });
 
+  v8_6_x = v8;
+  v8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8 {
+    inherit (python2Packages) python;
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux {
+    # doesn't build with gcc7
+    stdenv = overrideCC stdenv gcc6;
+  };
+
   vaapiIntel = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-intel { };
 
   vaapi-intel-hybrid = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-intel-hybrid { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index ada3c2a5034c..3b8e40ea041b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ in {
   busybox = super.busybox.override {
     enableStatic = true;
   };
-  v8 = super.v8.override {
-    static = true;
-  };
   libiberty = super.libiberty.override {
     staticBuild = true;
   };