diff --git a/pkgs/servers/slimserver/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/slimserver/default.nix
index 5576eb75ef35..4a98e2a436e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/slimserver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/slimserver/default.nix
@@ -1,98 +1,35 @@
-{ lib
+{ faad2
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, makeWrapper
-, perlPackages
 , flac
-, faad2
-, sox
 , lame
+, lib
+, makeWrapper
 , monkeysAudio
+, perl534Packages
+, sox
+, stdenv
 , wavpack
+, zlib
 }:
 
-perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
+perl534Packages.buildPerlPackage rec {
   pname = "slimserver";
-  version = "7.9.2";
+  version = "8.3.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Logitech";
     repo = "slimserver";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-P4CSu/ff6i48uWV5gXsJgayZ1S1s0RAqa5O5y3Y0g9Y=";
+    hash = "sha256-yMFOwh/oPiJnUsKWBGvd/GZLjkWocMAUK0r+Hx/SUPo=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    perlPackages.perl
-    perlPackages.AnyEvent
-    perlPackages.ArchiveZip
-    perlPackages.AudioScan
-    perlPackages.CarpClan
-    perlPackages.CGI
-    perlPackages.ClassXSAccessor
-    perlPackages.DataDump
-    perlPackages.DataURIEncode
-    perlPackages.DBDSQLite
-    perlPackages.DBI
-    perlPackages.DBIxClass
-    perlPackages.DigestSHA1
-    perlPackages.EV
-    perlPackages.ExporterLite
-    perlPackages.FileBOM
-    perlPackages.FileCopyRecursive
-    perlPackages.FileNext
-    perlPackages.FileReadBackwards
-    perlPackages.FileSlurp
-    perlPackages.FileWhich
-    perlPackages.HTMLParser
-    perlPackages.HTTPCookies
-    perlPackages.HTTPDaemon
-    perlPackages.HTTPMessage
-    perlPackages.ImageScale
-    perlPackages.IOSocketSSL
-    perlPackages.IOString
-    perlPackages.JSONXSVersionOneAndTwo
-    perlPackages.LogLog4perl
-    perlPackages.LWP
-    perlPackages.NetHTTP
-    perlPackages.NetHTTPSNB
-    perlPackages.ProcBackground
-    perlPackages.SubName
-    perlPackages.TemplateToolkit
-    perlPackages.TextUnidecode
-    perlPackages.TieCacheLRU
-    perlPackages.TieCacheLRUExpires
-    perlPackages.TieRegexpHash
-    perlPackages.TimeDate
-    perlPackages.URI
-    perlPackages.URIFind
-    perlPackages.UUIDTiny
-    perlPackages.XMLParser
-    perlPackages.XMLSimple
-    perlPackages.YAMLLibYAML
-  ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ perl534Packages.CryptOpenSSLRSA perl534Packages.IOSocketSSL ];
 
   prePatch = ''
-    mkdir CPAN_used
-    # slimserver doesn't work with current DBIx/SQL versions, use bundled copies
-    mv CPAN/DBIx CPAN/SQL CPAN_used
-    rm -rf CPAN
     rm -rf Bin
     touch Makefile.PL
-
-    # relax audio scan version constraints
-    substituteInPlace lib/Audio/Scan.pm --replace "0.93" "1.01"
-    substituteInPlace modules.conf --replace "Audio::Scan 0.93 0.95" "Audio::Scan 0.93"
-  '';
-
-  preConfigurePhase = "";
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    mv lib tmp
-    mkdir -p ${perlPackages.perl.libPrefix}
-    mv CPAN_used/* ${perlPackages.perl.libPrefix}
-    cp -rf tmp/* ${perlPackages.perl.libPrefix}
   '';
 
   doCheck = false;
@@ -100,6 +37,7 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
   installPhase = ''
     cp -r . $out
     wrapProgram $out/slimserver.pl \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ zlib stdenv.cc.cc.lib ]}" \
       --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ lame flac faad2 sox monkeysAudio wavpack ]}"
   '';
 
@@ -109,9 +47,9 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver";
     description = "Server for Logitech Squeezebox players. This server is also called Logitech Media Server";
     # the firmware is not under a free license!
-    # https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/blob/public/7.9/License.txt
+    # https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/blob/public/8.3/License.txt
     license = licenses.unfree;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ adamcstephens jecaro ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }