diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-bad-elif.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-bad-elif.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 33550c428d20..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-bad-elif.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -up cyrus-sasl-2.1.22/plugins/digestmd5.c.elif cyrus-sasl-2.1.22/plugins/digestmd5.c
---- cyrus-sasl-2.1.22/plugins/digestmd5.c.elif	2009-01-23 09:40:31.000000000 +0100
-+++ cyrus-sasl-2.1.22/plugins/digestmd5.c	2009-02-06 15:20:15.000000000 +0100
-@@ -2743,7 +2743,7 @@ static sasl_server_plug_t digestmd5_serv
- 	"DIGEST-MD5",			/* mech_name */
- #ifdef WITH_RC4
- 	128,				/* max_ssf */
--#elif WITH_DES
-+#elif defined(WITH_DES)
- 	112,
- #else 
- 	1,
-@@ -4071,7 +4071,7 @@ static sasl_client_plug_t digestmd5_clie
- 	"DIGEST-MD5",
- #ifdef WITH_RC4				/* mech_name */
- 	128,				/* max ssf */
--#elif WITH_DES
-+#elif defined(WITH_DES)
- 	112,
- #else
- 	1,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
index 0da4d5da3e76..a03f753a1141 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, db4, gettext, automake} :
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, db4, gettext }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "cyrus-sasl-2.1.23";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cyrus-sasl-2.1.25";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0dmi41hfy015pzks8n93qsshgvi0az7pv81nls4nxayb810crvr0";
+    url = "ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "418c16e6240a4f9b637cbe3d62937b9675627bad27c622191d47de8686fe24fe";
   };
-  preConfigure=''
-    configureFlags="--with-openssl=${openssl} --with-plugindir=$out/lib/sasl2 --with-configdir=$out/lib/sasl2 --enable-login"
-    cp ${automake}/share/automake*/config.{sub,guess} config
-  '';
+
   buildInputs = [ openssl db4 gettext ];
-  patches = [ ./cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-bad-elif.patch ];
+
+  # Set this variable at build-time to make sure $out can be evaluated.
+  preConfigure = ''
+    configureFlagsArray=( --with-plugindir=$out/lib/sasl2
+                          --with-configdir=$out/lib/sasl2
+			  --enable-login
+			)
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/";
+    description = "library for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+  };
 }