diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index df6a3b36a7d9..bbe0013971fd 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
   palo = "Ingolf Wanger <palipalo9@googlemail.com>";
   pashev = "Igor Pashev <pashev.igor@gmail.com>";
   pesterhazy = "Paulus Esterhazy <pesterhazy@gmail.com>";
+  peterhoeg = "Peter Hoeg <peter@hoeg.com>";
   philandstuff = "Philip Potter <philip.g.potter@gmail.com>";
   phile314 = "Philipp Hausmann <nix@314.ch>";
   Phlogistique = "Noé Rubinstein <noe.rubinstein@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dynamic-colors/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dynamic-colors/default.nix
index b587afb645c2..b32f8f43146f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dynamic-colors/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dynamic-colors/default.nix
@@ -1,37 +1,40 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, tmux, vim }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "dynamic-colors-git-${version}";
-  version = "2013-12-28";
+  name = "dynamic-colors-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "sos4nt";
+    owner = "peterhoeg";
     repo = "dynamic-colors";
-    rev = "35325f43620c5ee11a56db776b8f828bc5ae1ddd";
-    sha256 = "1xsjanqyvjlcj1fb8x4qafskxp7aa9b43ba9gyjgzr7yz8hkl4iz";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "061lh4qjk4671hwzmj55n3gy5hsi4p3hb30hj5bg3s6glcsbjpr5";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
-  patches = [ ./separate-config-and-dynamic-root-path.patch ];
+  dontBuild = true;
+  dontStrip = true;
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/etc/bash_completion.d $out/share/dynamic-colors
-    cp bin/dynamic-colors $out/bin/
-    cp completions/dynamic-colors.bash $out/etc/bash_completion.d/
-    cp -r colorschemes $out/share/dynamic-colors/
+    mkdir -p \
+      $out/bin \
+      $out/share/colorschemes \
+      $out/share/bash-completion/completions \
+      $out/share/zsh/site-packages
 
-    sed -e 's|\<tmux\>|${tmux}/bin/tmux|g' \
-        -e 's|/usr/bin/vim|${vim}/bin/vim|g' \
-        -i "$out/bin/dynamic-colors"
+    install -m755 bin/dynamic-colors              $out/bin/
+    install -m644 completions/dynamic-colors.bash $out/share/bash-completion/completions/dynamic-colors
+    install -m644 completions/dynamic-colors.zsh  $out/share/zsh/site-packages/_dynamic-colors
+    install -m644 colorschemes/*               -t $out/share/colorschemes
 
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/dynamic-colors --set DYNAMIC_COLORS_ROOT "$out/share/dynamic-colors"
+    sed -e "s|/usr/share/dynamic-colors|$out/share|g" \
+        -i $out/bin/dynamic-colors
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = https://github.com/sos4nt/dynamic-colors;
+    homepage = https://github.com/peterhoeg/dynamic-colors;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     description = "Change terminal colors on the fly";
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.peterhoeg ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dynamic-colors/separate-config-and-dynamic-root-path.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/dynamic-colors/separate-config-and-dynamic-root-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7462ed0e3afa..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/dynamic-colors/separate-config-and-dynamic-root-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-From ee44b859003972275d8e469ab41b9900420295e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Malte Rohde <malte.rohde@flavoursys.com>
-Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:10:41 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Store user configuration in appropriate config location.
-
-So that the dynamic-colors source can live somewhere else
-(e.g., /usr/local/dynamic-colors) and multiple users
-can use the same script.
----
- bin/dynamic-colors | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/bin/dynamic-colors b/bin/dynamic-colors
-index a669221..5d6bce7 100755
---- a/bin/dynamic-colors
-+++ b/bin/dynamic-colors
-@@ -84,16 +84,27 @@ else
- fi
- COLORSCHEMES="${DYNAMIC_COLORS_ROOT}/colorschemes"
- 
-+if [ -z "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME}" ]; then
-+  if [ -d "${HOME}/.dynamic-colors" ] || [ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}" ]; then
-+    DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME="${HOME}/.dynamic-colors"
-+  else
-+    DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/dynamic-colors"
-+  fi
-+else
-+  DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME="${DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME%/}"
-+fi
-+
- write_colorscheme_name () {
--  echo "$1" > "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_ROOT}/colorscheme"
-+  [ ! -d "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME}" ] && mkdir -p "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME}"
-+  echo "$1" > "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME}/colorscheme"
- }
- 
- load_colorscheme_name () {
--  head -1 "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_ROOT}/colorscheme"
-+  head -1 "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME}/colorscheme"
- }
- 
- init () {
--  [ ! -f "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_ROOT}/colorscheme" ] && return
-+  [ ! -f "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME}/colorscheme" ] && return
-   colorscheme_name=$(load_colorscheme_name)
-   load_colorscheme "$colorscheme_name"
-   set_colors
-@@ -142,8 +153,8 @@ audit () {
- }
- 
- cycle() {
--    if [ -f "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_ROOT}/colorscheme" ]; then
--        current=`head -1 "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_ROOT}/colorscheme"`
-+    if [ -f "${DYNAMIC_COLORS_HOME}/colorscheme" ]; then
-+        current=$(load_colorscheme_name)
-         found=false
-         cd "$COLORSCHEMES"
-         for file in *.sh; do