diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 77f3bb8ce..c1639966f 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 with import <nixpkgs> {};
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "env";
   buildInputs = [
-    ((libxslt.override {
-      # added in nixpkgs 11-12-2016
+    (libxslt.override {
       cryptoSupport = true;
-    }).overrideAttrs (old: {
-      # can be removed eventually: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/53346
-      buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ [ libgcrypt ];
-    }))
+    })
     libxml2
     wget
     rsync