diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblinear/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblinear/default.nix
index f30d4a2d73b..56d81e0481d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblinear/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblinear/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fixDarwinDylibNames }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 let
-  soVersion = "4";
+  soVersion = "5";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "liblinear";
-  version = "2.43";
+  version = "2.46";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cjlin1";
     repo = "liblinear";
     rev = "v${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] [""] version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-qcSMuWHJgsapWs1xgxv3fKSXcx18q8cwyIn3E4RCGKA=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-mKd6idfr6mIIDEie8DCS+drtfpgKoS/5UXI0JenTxlA=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace blas/Makefile \
-      --replace "ar rcv" "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ar rcv" \
-      --replace "ranlib" "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ranlib"
-  '';
+  makeFlags = [ "AR=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ar" "RANLIB=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ranlib" ];
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ fixDarwinDylibNames ];
-
   buildFlags = [ "lib" "predict" "train" ];
 
   installPhase = ''