diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix
index 38fe82ffb01..9b3f443ba38 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,27 @@
-{ mkXfceDerivation, autoreconfHook, autoconf, automake
-, glib, gtk-doc, intltool, libtool }:
+{ mkXfceDerivation
+, autoreconfHook
+, libxslt
+, docbook_xsl
+, autoconf
+, automake
+, glib
+, gtk-doc
+, intltool
+, libtool
+}:
 
 mkXfceDerivation {
   category = "xfce";
   pname = "xfce4-dev-tools";
-  version = "4.14.0";
+  version = "4.16.0";
 
-  sha256 = "10hcj88784faqrk08xb538355cla26vdk9ckx158hqdqv38sb42f";
+  sha256 = "0w47npi1np9vb7lhzjr680aa1xb8ch6kcbg0l0bqnpm0y0jmvgz6";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    libxslt
+    docbook_xsl
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     autoconf
@@ -19,11 +32,6 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     libtool
   ];
 
-  preAutoreconf = ''
-    substitute configure.ac.in configure.ac \
-      --subst-var-by REVISION UNKNOWN
-  '';
-
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
index 600bf47fd87..3abf3172ea6 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/xfce4-dev-tools/setup-hook.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 xdtEnvHook() {
-    addToSearchPath ACLOCAL_PATH $1/share/xfce4/dev-tools/m4macros
+    addToSearchPath ACLOCAL_PATH $1/share/aclocal
 }
 
 envHooks+=(xdtEnvHook)