diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/cygwin-pthread-dl.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/cygwin-pthread-dl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9515dc237d3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/cygwin-pthread-dl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Don't pass "-lpthread -ldl" on Cygwin.  See
-http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.garbage-collection.boehmgc/3219
-for details.
-
---- gc-7.1/configure	2008-05-04 02:52:50.000000000 +0200
-+++ gc-7.1/configure	2009-09-18 16:23:30.000000000 +0200
-@@ -4859,7 +4859,7 @@
- 	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
- #define THREAD_LOCAL_ALLOC 1
- _ACEOF
--
-+	THREADDLLIBS=""
- 	win32_threads=true
- 	;;
-      *-*-darwin*)
-@@ -5934,6 +5934,7 @@
- # dyld calls anyway
- case "$host" in
-   *-*-darwin*) ;;
-+  *-*-cygwin*) ;;
-   *)
-     { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for dlopen in -ldl" >&5
- echo $ECHO_N "checking for dlopen in -ldl... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
index 95630b1135b..6159b99d443 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
@@ -1,38 +1,17 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cvsVersion ? true, fetchcvs ? null
-, autoconf ? null, automake ? null, libtool ? null }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
-let
-  cvs = cvsVersion;
-  version = if !cvs then "7.1" else "7.2pre20110122";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation ({
-  name = "boehm-gc-${version}";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "boehm-gc-7.2pre20110122";
 
-  src =
-    if version == "7.1"
-    then fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0c5zrsdw0rsli06lahcqwwz0prgah340fhfg7ggfgvz3iw1gdkp3";
-      /* else if version == "7.2alpha4" then
-               "1ya9hr1wbx0hrx29q5zy2k51ml71k9mhqzqs7f505qr9s6jsfh0b" */
-    }
-
-    /* Use the CVS version for now since it contains many, many fixes
-       compared to 7.1 and even 7.2alpha4 (e.g., interception of
-       `pthread_exit', dated 2010-08-14, which fixes possible deadlocks
-       on GNU/Linux.) */
-    else fetchcvs {
-      cvsRoot = ":pserver:anonymous@bdwgc.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/bdwgc";
-      module = "bdwgc";
-      date = "20110121";
-      sha256 = "00f7aed82fa02211db93692c24b74e15010aff545f97691c5e362432a7ae283a";
-    };
-
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.isCygwin && !cvs)
-                        ./cygwin-pthread-dl.patch;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://nixos.org/tarballs/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "06nf60flq6344pgic3bz83jh6pvj4k42apm3x4xwxc4d2is457ly";
+  };
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin") "CPPFLAGS=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE";
+
   meta = {
     description = "The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector for C and C++";
 
@@ -62,19 +41,3 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
   };
 }
-
-//
-
-(if cvs
- then {
-   buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool ];
-   preConfigure = "autoreconf -vfi";
- }
- else { })
-
-//
-
-(if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin"
- # Fix "#error ucontext routines are deprecated, and require _XOPEN_SOURCE to be defined".
- then { configureFlags = "CPPFLAGS=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE"; }
- else {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 111a72e258f..05c730433a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2774,19 +2774,7 @@ let
 
   beecrypt = callPackage ../development/libraries/beecrypt { };
 
-  boehmgc_7_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boehm-gc {
-    cvsVersion = false;
-  };
-
-  boehmgc_cvs = callPackage ../development/libraries/boehm-gc { };
-
-  # There are good reasons to use CVS instead of 7.1 or 7.2alpha4.
-  # See `default.nix' for details.
-  boehmgc =
-    # XXX: `fetchcvs' doesn't work on FreeBSD ("cp: illegal option -- d").
-    if stdenv.system == "i686-freebsd"
-    then boehmgc_7_1
-    else boehmgc_cvs;
+  boehmgc = callPackage ../development/libraries/boehm-gc { };
 
   boolstuff = callPackage ../development/libraries/boolstuff { };