diff --git a/doc/language-support.xml b/doc/language-support.xml
index 69361e3be6c..f5e89df57fc 100644
--- a/doc/language-support.xml
+++ b/doc/language-support.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ a <varname>preConfigure</varname> hook to generate a configuration
 file used by <filename>Makefile.PL</filename>:
 
 <programlisting>
-{buildPerlPackage, fetchurl, db4}:
+{buildPerlPackage, fetchurl, db}:
 
 buildPerlPackage rec {
   name = "BerkeleyDB-0.36";
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    echo "LIB = ${db4}/lib" > config.in
-    echo "INCLUDE = ${db4}/include" >> config.in
+    echo "LIB = ${db}/lib" > config.in
+    echo "INCLUDE = ${db}/include" >> config.in
   '';
 }
 </programlisting>
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix
index 74ae3dcf22b..5356d4ce298 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/moc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, pkgconfig, alsaLib, flac, libmad, speex, ffmpeg_0_10, libvorbis, mpc, libsndfile, jackaudio, db4, libmodplug, timidity, libid3tag, libtool }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, pkgconfig, alsaLib, flac, libmad, speex, ffmpeg_0_10, libvorbis, mpc, libsndfile, jackaudio, db, libmodplug, timidity, libid3tag, libtool }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "moc-${version}";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configurePhase = "./configure prefix=$out";
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig alsaLib flac libmad speex ffmpeg_0_10 libvorbis mpc libsndfile jackaudio db4 libmodplug timidity libid3tag libtool ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig alsaLib flac libmad speex ffmpeg_0_10 libvorbis mpc libsndfile jackaudio db libmodplug timidity libid3tag libtool ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "MOC (music on console) is a console audio player for LINUX/UNIX designed to be powerful and easy to use.";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/default.nix
index 9e20be0dcbc..1785526d14a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, openssl, db4, boost, zlib, miniupnpc, qt4 }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, openssl, db, boost, zlib, miniupnpc, qt4 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.8.6";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "036xx06gyrfh65rpdapff3viz1f38vzkj7lnhil6fc0s7pjmsjbk";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ openssl db4 boost zlib miniupnpc qt4 ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl db boost zlib miniupnpc qt4 ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
     cd src
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/freicoin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/freicoin/default.nix
index d5ed057f56b..33d8585bb2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/freicoin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/freicoin/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, db4, boost, gmp, mpfr, miniupnpc, qt4, unzip }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, db, boost, gmp, mpfr, miniupnpc, qt4, unzip }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.8.3-1";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # I think that openssl and zlib are required, but come through other
   # packages
-  buildInputs = [ db4 boost gmp mpfr miniupnpc qt4 unzip ];
+  buildInputs = [ db boost gmp mpfr miniupnpc qt4 unzip ];
 
   configurePhase = "qmake";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/jigdo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/jigdo/default.nix
index 24edc0e128a..fe4c0287fdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/jigdo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/jigdo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, db4, gtk, bzip2 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, db, gtk, bzip2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "jigdo-0.7.3";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0jnlzm9m2hjlnw0zs2fv456ml5r2jj2q1lncqbrgg52lq18f6fa3";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ db4 gtk bzip2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ db gtk bzip2 ];
 
   configureFlags = "--without-libdb";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ekiga/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ekiga/default.nix
index 276df1ae7a1..9de14cae6f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ekiga/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/ekiga/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ x@{builderDefsPackage
   , cyrus_sasl, gettext, openldap, ptlib, opal, GConf, libXv, rarian, intltool
   , perl, perlXMLParser, evolution_data_server, gnome_doc_utils, avahi
   , libsigcxx, gtk, dbus_glib, libnotify, libXext, xextproto, automake
-  , autoconf, pkgconfig, libxml2, videoproto, unixODBC, db4, nspr, nss, zlib
+  , autoconf, pkgconfig, libxml2, videoproto, unixODBC, db, nspr, nss, zlib
   , libXrandr, randrproto, which, libxslt, libtasn1, gmp, nettle
   , ...}:
 builderDefsPackage
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
index 67cbd7996ff..58e657f8b2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pam, python3, tcsh, libxslt, perl, ArchiveZip
 , CompressZlib, zlib, libjpeg, expat, pkgconfigUpstream, freetype, libwpd
-, libxml2, db4, sablotron, curl, libXaw, fontconfig, libsndfile, neon
+, libxml2, db, sablotron, curl, libXaw, fontconfig, libsndfile, neon
 , bison, flex, zip, unzip, gtk, libmspack, getopt, file, cairo, which
 , icu, boost, jdk, ant, libXext, libX11, libXtst, libXi, cups
 , libXinerama, openssl, gperf, cppunit, GConf, ORBit2, poppler
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs =
     [ ant ArchiveZip autoconf automake bison boost cairo clucene_core
-      CompressZlib cppunit cups curl db4 dbus_glib expat file flex fontconfig
+      CompressZlib cppunit cups curl db dbus_glib expat file flex fontconfig
       freetype GConf getopt gnome_vfs gperf gst_plugins_base gstreamer gtk
       hunspell icu jdk kde4.kdelibs lcms libcdr libexttextcat unixODBC libjpeg
       libmspack librdf_redland librsvg libsndfile libvisio libwpd libwpg libX11
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/codeville/0.8.0.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/codeville/0.8.0.nix
index 5c1910d6c6f..0c0f3c4c19c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/codeville/0.8.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/codeville/0.8.0.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 args : with args; 
 
-if (! python ? db4Support) || (! python.db4Support) then 
+if (! python ? dbSupport) || (! python.dbSupport) then 
   throw ''Python DB4 support is required for codeville.'' 
 else
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
index 6373eb9f7f9..60f5d8bb9e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/kdesvn/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, apr, aprutil, subversion, db4, kdelibs, expat }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, apr, aprutil, subversion, db, kdelibs, expat }:
 
 # the homepage mentions this is the final release.
 # from now on, kdesvn will be part of the official kde software distribution
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e "s|/usr|${subversion}|g" src/svnqt/cmakemodules/FindSubversion.cmake
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ apr aprutil subversion db4 kdelibs expat ];
+  buildInputs = [ apr aprutil subversion db kdelibs expat ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/evolution-data-server/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/evolution-data-server/default.nix
index cb3db8432b6..d0c15bd96ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/evolution-data-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/evolution-data-server/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, gnome3, python, intltool, libsoup, libxml2, libsecret
-, p11_kit, db4, nspr, nss, libical, gperf }:
+, p11_kit, db, nspr, nss, libical, gperf }:
 
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = with gnome3;
     [ pkgconfig glib python intltool libsoup libxml2 gtk gnome_online_accounts libsecret
-      gcr p11_kit db4 nspr nss libgweather libical libgdata gperf ];
+      gcr p11_kit db nspr nss libgweather libical libgdata gperf ];
 
   # uoa irrelevant for now
   configureFlags = "--disable-uoa --with-nspr-includes=${nspr}/include/nspr --with-nss-includes=${nss}/include/nss";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
index 7c6516fe668..0302513e6fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, zlib ? null, zlibSupport ? true, bzip2
-, sqlite, tcl, tk, x11, openssl, readline, db45, ncurses, gdbm
+, sqlite, tcl, tk, x11, openssl, readline, db, ncurses, gdbm
 }:
 
 assert zlibSupport -> zlib != null;
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ let
 
     bsddb = buildInternalPythonModule {
       moduleName = "bsddb";
-      deps = [ db45 ];
+      deps = [ db ];
     };
 
     crypt = buildInternalPythonModule {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
index 043094c0303..4897c0a5141 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, zlib ? null, zlibSupport ? true, bzip2
-, sqlite, tcl, tk, x11, openssl, readline, db4, ncurses, gdbm, libX11 }:
+, sqlite, tcl, tk, x11, openssl, readline, db, ncurses, gdbm, libX11 }:
 
 assert zlibSupport -> zlib != null;
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ let
 
     bsddb = buildInternalPythonModule {
       moduleName = "bsddb";
-      deps = [ db4 ];
+      deps = [ db ];
     };
 
     curses = buildInternalPythonModule {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix
index e09602e7381..03f2d392bd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
 , bzip2
-, db4
+, db
 , gdbm
 , libX11, xproto
 , ncurses
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let
   version = "${majorVersion}.5";
 
   buildInputs = filter (p: p != null) [
-    zlib bzip2 gdbm sqlite db4 readline ncurses openssl tcl tk libX11 xproto
+    zlib bzip2 gdbm sqlite db readline ncurses openssl tcl tk libX11 xproto
   ];
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   passthru = {
     zlibSupport = zlib != null;
     sqliteSupport = sqlite != null;
-    db4Support = db4 != null;
+    dbSupport = db != null;
     readlineSupport = readline != null;
     opensslSupport = openssl != null;
     tkSupport = (tk != null) && (tcl != null) && (libX11 != null) && (xproto != null);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
index 84cb9dd141a..18af6487e55 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
 , bzip2
-, db4
+, db
 , gdbm
 , libX11, xproto
 , ncurses
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let
   version = "${majorVersion}.3";
 
   buildInputs = filter (p: p != null) [
-    zlib bzip2 gdbm sqlite db4 readline ncurses openssl tcl tk libX11 xproto
+    zlib bzip2 gdbm sqlite db readline ncurses openssl tcl tk libX11 xproto
   ];
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   passthru = {
     zlibSupport = zlib != null;
     sqliteSupport = sqlite != null;
-    db4Support = db4 != null;
+    dbSupport = db != null;
     readlineSupport = readline != null;
     opensslSupport = openssl != null;
     tkSupport = (tk != null) && (tcl != null) && (libX11 != null) && (xproto != null);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
index e2d72fc7d6b..229529f08ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, apr, expat, gnused
 , sslSupport ? true, openssl
-, bdbSupport ? false, db4
+, bdbSupport ? false, db
 , ldapSupport ? true, openldap
 }:
 
 assert sslSupport -> openssl != null;
-assert bdbSupport -> db4 != null;
+assert bdbSupport -> db != null;
 assert ldapSupport -> openldap != null;
 
 let
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     --with-apr=${apr} --with-expat=${expat}
     --with-crypto
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString sslSupport "--with-openssl=${openssl}"}
-    ${stdenv.lib.optionalString bdbSupport "--with-berkeley-db=${db4}"}
+    ${stdenv.lib.optionalString bdbSupport "--with-berkeley-db=${db}"}
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString ldapSupport "--with-ldap"}
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper apr expat ]
     ++ optional sslSupport openssl
-    ++ optional bdbSupport db4
+    ++ optional bdbSupport db
     ++ optional ldapSupport openldap;
 
   # Give apr1 access to sed for runtime invocations
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
index e90ec422661..712f05b8d65 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, db4, gettext, pam }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, db, gettext, pam }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "cyrus-sasl-2.1.26";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1hvvbcsg21nlncbgs0cgn3iwlnb3vannzwsp6rwvnn9ba4v53g4g";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ openssl db4 gettext ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux pam;
+  buildInputs = [ openssl db gettext ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux pam;
 
   patches = [ ./missing-size_t.patch ]; # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906519
   patchFlags = "-p0";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix
index d4728273d34..8f4138282f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, openldap, readline, db4, openssl, cyrus_sasl, sqlite} :
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openldap, readline, db, openssl, cyrus_sasl, sqlite} :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "heimdal-1.5.3";
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rmdir $out/libexec
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ readline db4 openssl openldap cyrus_sasl sqlite];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ readline db openssl openldap cyrus_sasl sqlite];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libchop/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libchop/default.nix
index 9a1b4122365..1b16d361c6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libchop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libchop/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, zlib, bzip2, libgcrypt, gdbm, gperf, tdb, gnutls, db4
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, zlib, bzip2, libgcrypt, gdbm, gperf, tdb, gnutls, db
 , libuuid, lzo, pkgconfig, guile }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs =
     [ zlib bzip2 lzo
       libgcrypt
-      gdbm db4 tdb
+      gdbm db tdb
       gnutls libuuid
       guile
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix
index 26b3de70dcd..4863c928988 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , mysql, withMysql ? false
 , postgresql, withPostgresql ? false
 , sqlite, withSqlite ? true
-, db4, withBdb ? false
+, db, withBdb ? false
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional withMysql mysql
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional withSqlite sqlite
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional withPostgresql postgresql
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withBdb db4;
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withBdb db;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ librdf_rasqal ];
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags =
     [ "--with-threads" ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withBdb "--with-bdb=${db4}";
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withBdb "--with-bdb=${db}";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://librdf.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
index e62fa2fa1c5..b2e13a1e9ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, libtool, libxml2, cppunit, boost
-, apr, aprutil, db4, expat
+, apr, aprutil, db, expat
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        src/main/cpp/socketoutputstream.cpp
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [autoconf automake libtool libxml2 cppunit boost apr aprutil db4 expat];
+  buildInputs = [autoconf automake libtool libxml2 cppunit boost apr aprutil db expat];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://logging.apache.org/log4cxx/index.html;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
index 8f26f29c377..c4be3358049 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, cyrus_sasl, db4, groff}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, cyrus_sasl, db, groff}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "openldap-2.4.38";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1l8zng86alhcmmmw09r1c4dzl7yvk6dy5fq9zia96pgck4srl848";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ openssl cyrus_sasl db4 groff ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl cyrus_sasl db groff ];
 
   configureFlags =
     [ "--enable-overlays"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/BerkeleyDB/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/BerkeleyDB/default.nix
index 01f698da232..a6af84a6581 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/BerkeleyDB/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/BerkeleyDB/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{buildPerlPackage, fetchurl, db4}:
+{buildPerlPackage, fetchurl, db}:
 
 buildPerlPackage rec {
   name = "BerkeleyDB-0.54";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    echo "LIB = ${db4}/lib" > config.in
-    echo "INCLUDE = ${db4}/include" >> config.in
+    echo "LIB = ${db}/lib" > config.in
+    echo "INCLUDE = ${db}/include" >> config.in
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DB_File/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DB_File/default.nix
index 4017d8f5ca5..4195f8d613e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DB_File/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DB_File/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{fetchurl, buildPerlPackage, db4}:
+{fetchurl, buildPerlPackage, db}:
 
 buildPerlPackage rec {
   name = "DB_File-1.831";
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
     cat > config.in <<EOF
     PREFIX = size_t
     HASH = u_int32_t
-    LIB = ${db4}/lib
-    INCLUDE = ${db4}/include
+    LIB = ${db}/lib
+    INCLUDE = ${db}/include
     EOF
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bsddb3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bsddb3/default.nix
index c26347c5243..574796e2c68 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bsddb3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bsddb3/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, python, db4}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, python, db}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bsddb3-6.0.1";
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
   buildInputs = [python];
   buildPhase = "true";
-  installPhase = "python ./setup.py install --prefix=$out --berkeley-db=${db4}";
+  installPhase = "python ./setup.py install --prefix=$out --berkeley-db=${db}";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
index 9e8faa6a02e..2cfbc2a1df1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iproute/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, flex, bison, db4, iptables, pkgconfig }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, flex, bison, db, iptables, pkgconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "iproute2-3.12.0";
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     + " CONFDIR=$(out)/etc DOCDIR=$(out)/share/doc/${name}"
     + " MANDIR=$(out)/share/man";
 
-  buildInputs = [ db4 iptables ];
+  buildInputs = [ db iptables ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ bison flex pkgconfig ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/default.nix
index fc518e4f889..49550647921 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/opensmtpd/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libevent, zlib, openssl, db4, bison, pam }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libevent, zlib, openssl, db, bison, pam }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "opensmtpd-${version}";
   version = "201307151923p1";
 
-  buildInputs = [ libevent zlib openssl db4 bison pam ];
+  buildInputs = [ libevent zlib openssl db bison pam ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.opensmtpd.org/archives/${name}.tar.gz";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix
index a435eea8663..0bfc31580e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/postfix/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, db4, glibc, openssl, cyrus_sasl
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, db, glibc, openssl, cyrus_sasl
 , coreutils, findutils, gnused, gnugrep, bison, perl
 }:
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "11z07mjy53l1fnl7k4101yk4ilibgqr1164628mqcbmmr8bh2szl";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [db4 openssl cyrus_sasl bison perl];
+  buildInputs = [db openssl cyrus_sasl bison perl];
 
   patches = [ ./postfix-2.2.9-db.patch  ./postfix-2.2.9-lib.patch ./db-linux3.patch ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/prayer/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/prayer/default.nix
index 8a23e480e1f..a398a3ccdf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/prayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/prayer/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, openssl, db4, zlib, uwimap, htmlTidy, pam}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, openssl, db, zlib, uwimap, htmlTidy, pam}:
 
 let
   ssl = stdenv.lib.optionals uwimap.withSSL
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "135fjbxjn385b6cjys6qhbwfw61mdcl2akkll4jfpdzfvhbxlyda";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ openssl db4 zlib uwimap htmlTidy pam ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl db zlib uwimap htmlTidy pam ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lpam";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/squid/squids.nix b/pkgs/servers/squid/squids.nix
index a41343c0cf9..18778aa80db 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/squid/squids.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/squid/squids.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rec {
       url = "http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.2/${name}.tar.bz2";
       sha256 = "0dafqv00dr3nyrm9k47d6r7gv2r3f9hjd1ykl3kkvjca11r4n54j";
     };
-    buildInputs = [openldap pam db4 cyrus_sasl libcap expat libxml2
+    buildInputs = [openldap pam db cyrus_sasl libcap expat libxml2
       libtool openssl];
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/netatalk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/netatalk/default.nix
index 26ffc9d50c2..850e1681248 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/netatalk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/netatalk/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, db4, libgcrypt, avahi, libiconv, pam, openssl }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, db, libgcrypt, avahi, libiconv, pam, openssl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "netatalk-3.1.0";
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1d8dc8ysslkis4yl1xab1w9p0pz7a1kg0i6fds4wxsp4fhb6wqhq";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig db4 libgcrypt avahi libiconv pam openssl ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig db libgcrypt avahi libiconv pam openssl ];
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--with-bdb=${db4}"
+    "--with-bdb=${db}"
     "--with-openssl=${openssl}"
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bogofilter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bogofilter/default.nix
index 09d8e888837..f7c121d825e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bogofilter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bogofilter/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{fetchurl, stdenv, flex, db4}:
+{fetchurl, stdenv, flex, db}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bogofilter-1.2.4";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # FIXME: We would need `pax' as a "propagated build input" (for use
   # by the `bf_tar' script) but we don't have it currently.
 
-  buildInputs = [ flex db4 ];
+  buildInputs = [ flex db ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
index 5374cb74361..121a92b845d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, db4, groff}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, db, groff}:
  
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "man-db-2.5.1";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "178w1fk23ffh8vabj29cn0yyg5ps7bwy1zrrrcsw8aypbh3sfjy3";
   };
   
-  buildInputs = [db4 groff];
+  buildInputs = [db groff];
   
   configureFlags = ''
     --disable-setuid
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/isync/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/isync/default.nix
index 30ee63f257a..86986ed9b95 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/isync/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/isync/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, openssl, pkgconfig, db4 }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, openssl, pkgconfig, db }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "isync-1.0.6";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [ ./isync-recursice-imap.patch ]; # usefull patch to enable subfolders listing
-  buildInputs = [ openssl pkgconfig db4 ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl pkgconfig db ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://isync.sourceforge.net/;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/webalizer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/webalizer/default.nix
index efa29e81407..99fde387129 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/webalizer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/webalizer/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, libpng, gd, geoip, db4}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, libpng, gd, geoip, db}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "webalizer-2.23-05";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         --replace "--static" "" 
     '';
 
-  buildInputs = [zlib libpng gd geoip db4]; 
+  buildInputs = [zlib libpng gd geoip db]; 
 
   configureFlags = "--enable-dns --enable-geoip --disable-static --enable-shared";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
index 9a96baf5fe0..4b1b8aeb28d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/rpm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cpio, zlib, bzip2, file, elfutils, nspr, nss, popt, db4, xz, python }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cpio, zlib, bzip2, file, elfutils, nspr, nss, popt, db, xz, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rpm-4.7.2";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha1 = "07b90f653775329ea726ce0005c4c82f56167ca0";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cpio zlib bzip2 file nspr nss popt db4 xz python ];
+  buildInputs = [ cpio zlib bzip2 file nspr nss popt db xz python ];
 
   # Note: we don't add elfutils to buildInputs, since it provides a
   # bad `ld' and other stuff.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b38f408d967..9bc23af3b6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1795,9 +1795,7 @@ let
     inherit ppp;
   };
 
-  rpm = callPackage ../tools/package-management/rpm {
-    db4 = db45;
-  };
+  rpm = callPackage ../tools/package-management/rpm { };
 
   rrdtool = callPackage ../tools/misc/rrdtool { };
 
@@ -6378,7 +6376,7 @@ let
 
   squids = recurseIntoAttrs( import ../servers/squid/squids.nix {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl lib composableDerivation
-      openldap pam db4 cyrus_sasl kerberos libcap expat libxml2 libtool
+      openldap pam db cyrus_sasl kerberos libcap expat libxml2 libtool
       openssl;
   });
   squid = squids.squid31; # has ipv6 support
@@ -6956,9 +6954,7 @@ let
 
   # pam_bioapi ( see http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader )
 
-  pam_ccreds = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pam_ccreds {
-    db = db4;
-  };
+  pam_ccreds = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pam_ccreds { };
 
   pam_console = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pam_console {
     libtool = libtool_1_5;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 6de2d1dd4f3..a42af772046 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
 
   BerkeleyDB = import ../development/perl-modules/BerkeleyDB {
     inherit buildPerlPackage fetchurl;
-    inherit (pkgs) db4;
+    inherit (pkgs) db;
   };
 
   BHooksEndOfScope = buildPerlPackage {
@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
 
   DBFile = import ../development/perl-modules/DB_File {
     inherit fetchurl buildPerlPackage;
-    inherit (pkgs) db4;
+    inherit (pkgs) db;
   };
 
   DBI = buildPerlPackage {