diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/shapelib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/shapelib/default.nix
index 09d3efa64b2b..9da54a370425 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/shapelib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/shapelib/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, proj }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "shapelib-1.4.1";
+  name = "shapelib-1.5.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.osgeo.org/shapelib/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1cr3b5jfglwisbyzj7fnxp9xysqad0fcmcqvqaja6qap6qblijd4";
+    sha256 = "1qfsgb8b3yiqwvr6h9m81g6k9fjhfys70c22p7kzkbick20a9h0z";
   };
 
-  buildInputs =  [ proj ];
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C Library for reading, writing and updating ESRI Shapefiles";
     homepage = http://shapelib.maptools.org/;