diff --git a/pkgs/shells/oil/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/oil/default.nix
index 9e2aa3454d2c..019a66c77eb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/oil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/oil/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, readline }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, readline }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "oil";
-  version = "0.7.0";
+  version = "0.8.pre4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.oilshell.org/download/oil-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "12c9s462879adb6mwd3fqafk0dnqsm16s18rhym6cmzfzy8v8zm3";
+    sha256 = "07kj86hrvlz9f1gh3qv4hdaz3qnb4a2qf0dnxhd2r0qilrkjanxh";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''