diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/default.nix
index 07d4de24da6f..048281115338 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,22 @@
 assert interactive -> ncurses != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "bash-3.2-p39";
+  name = "bash-3.2.48";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/bash-3.2-p39.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "075qs6nfjql57y8ffg3f4glb3l5yl3xy5hny75x6kpwxkqlcxqfy";
+    url = mirror://gnu/bash/bash-3.2.48.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1i81scw3mnfjbmsn3cjfdancyx3d0rg8gd9hpdfng9j83dbdrs98";
   };
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = ''
+    -DSYS_BASHRC="/etc/bashrc"
+    -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT="/etc/bash_logout"
+    -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE="/no-such-path"
+    -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH="/no-such-path"
+    -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS
+    -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC
+  '';
+
   postInstall = "ln -s bash $out/bin/sh";
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/new.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/new.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index beaf2f845e75..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/new.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, bison, interactive ? false, ncurses ? null, texinfo ? null}:
-
-assert interactive -> ncurses != null;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "bash-3.2-p39";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/bash-3.2-p39.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "075qs6nfjql57y8ffg3f4glb3l5yl3xy5hny75x6kpwxkqlcxqfy";
-  };
-
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = ''
-    -DSYS_BASHRC="/etc/bashrc"
-    -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT="/etc/bash_logout"
-    -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE="/no-such-path"
-    -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH="/no-such-path"
-    -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS
-    -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = "ln -s bash $out/bin/sh";
-
-  patches = [
-    # For dietlibc builds.
-    ./winsize.patch
-  ];
-
-  # !!! Bison is only needed for bash-3.2 (because of bash32-001.patch)
-  buildInputs = [bison]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (texinfo != null) texinfo
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional interactive ncurses;
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/;
-    description =
-      "GNU Bourne-Again Shell, the de facto standard shell on Linux" +
-        (if interactive then " (for interactive use)" else "");
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4f8ba0ccd92f..996dee41a30e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ let
       inherit fetchurl stdenv bison;
     }));
 
-  bashInteractive = appendToName "interactive" (import ../shells/bash/new.nix {
+  bashInteractive = appendToName "interactive" (import ../shells/bash {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses texinfo bison;
     interactive = true;
   });