diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
index cd561df0ec41..47dc42fed5ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ assert lib.versionAtLeast kernel.version "3.18";
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "dpdk-${version}-${kernel.version}";
-  version = "16.07.2";
+  version = "17.05.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1mzwazmzpq8mvwiham80y6h53qpvjpp76v0d58gz9bfiphbi9876";
+    sha256 = "1w3nx5cqf8z600bdlbwz7brmdb5yn233qrqvv24kbmmxhbwp7qld";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libvirt ];
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     install -m 0755 -d $out/${RTE_TARGET}/include
     install -m 0644 ${RTE_TARGET}/include/rte_config.h $out/${RTE_TARGET}/include
 
-    cp -pr mk scripts $out/
+    cp -pr mk $out/
 
     mkdir -p $kmod/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/net
     cp ${RTE_TARGET}/kmod/*.ko $kmod/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/net