diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttyplot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttyplot/default.nix
index 4e8d7ca8f9fe..1f5e5911d7a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttyplot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttyplot/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,27 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, pkg-config }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ttyplot";
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.6.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tenox7";
     repo = "ttyplot";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-BYMdGNDl8HUin1Hu4Fqgx305a/tTt1fztqlT2vDeTh8=";
+    hash = "sha256-SQ5keCcwzQsSxfSevQwRa1eNf+8JXsrh1vljehI4tPc=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    ncurses
+  ];
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-   ${stdenv.cc}/bin/cc ./ttyplot.c -lncurses -o ttyplot
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp ttyplot $out/bin/
-  '';
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A simple general purpose plotting utility for tty with data input from stdin";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tenox7/ttyplot";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lassulus ];
     mainProgram = "ttyplot";
   };