diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/kstars/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/kstars/default.nix
index cf3ea143cedf..c7e76b6ad923 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/kstars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/kstars/default.nix
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kstars";
-  version = "3.5.4";
+  version = "3.5.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kde/stable/kstars/kstars-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-JCdSYcogvoUmu+vB/vye+6ZMIJqVoScAKreh89dxoDU=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-cD31YFBnKvEPyBQils6qJxNKagDoIi8/Znfxj/Gsa0M=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools ];
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     cfitsio indi-full xplanet libnova libraw gsl wcslib stellarsolver
   ];
 
-  # See https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439541
-  preConfigure = ''
-    rm po/de/docs/kstars/index.docbook
-  '';
-
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DINDI_PREFIX=${indi-full}"
     "-DXPLANET_PREFIX=${xplanet}"