diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 145af4a1b567..49d75cbf8a00 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -647,10 +647,7 @@ in
             gawk gmp gnumake gnused gnutar gnugrep gnupatch patchelf ed file
           ]
         # Library dependencies
-        ++ map lib.getLib (
-            [ attr acl zlib gnugrep.pcre2 libidn2 libunistring ]
-            ++ lib.optional (gawk.libsigsegv != null) gawk.libsigsegv
-          )
+        ++ map lib.getLib [ attr acl zlib gnugrep.pcre2 libidn2 libunistring ]
         # More complicated cases
         ++ (map (x: lib.getOutput x (getLibc prevStage)) [ "out" "dev" "bin" ] )
         ++  [ linuxHeaders # propagated from .dev
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
index 941e102cb3b0..1087e5e5e1ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl
 , removeReferencesTo
 , runtimeShellPackage
-# TODO: links -lsigsegv but loses the reference for some reason
-, withSigsegv ? (false && stdenv.hostPlatform.system != "x86_64-cygwin"), libsigsegv
+, texinfo
 , interactive ? false, readline
 , autoreconfHook # no-pma fix
 
@@ -20,11 +19,11 @@ assert (doCheck && stdenv.isLinux) -> glibcLocales != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gawk" + lib.optionalString interactive "-interactive";
-  version = "5.2.2";
+  version = "5.3.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gawk/gawk-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-PB/OFEa0y+4c0nO9fsZLyH2J9hU3RxzT4F4zqWWiUOk=";
+    hash = "sha256-aU23ZIEqYjZCPU/0DOt7bExEEwG3KtUCu1wn4AzVb3g=";
   };
 
   # PIE is incompatible with the "persistent malloc" ("pma") feature.
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # no-pma fix
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
+    texinfo
   ] ++ lib.optionals interactive [
     removeReferencesTo
   ] ++ lib.optionals (doCheck && stdenv.isLinux) [
@@ -51,14 +51,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = lib.optionals interactive [
     runtimeShellPackage
     readline
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withSigsegv [
-    libsigsegv
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     locale
   ];
 
   configureFlags = [
-    (if withSigsegv then "--with-libsigsegv-prefix=${libsigsegv}" else "--without-libsigsegv")
     (if interactive then "--with-readline=${readline.dev}" else "--without-readline")
   ];
 
@@ -78,11 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s gawk.1 "''${!outputMan}"/share/man/man1/awk.1
   '';
 
-  passthru = {
-    libsigsegv = if withSigsegv then libsigsegv else null; # for stdenv bootstrap
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/";
     description = "GNU implementation of the Awk programming language";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -98,9 +91,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       makes it possible to handle many data-reformatting jobs with just a few
       lines of code.
     '';
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.unix ++ platforms.windows;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix ++ lib.platforms.windows;
+    maintainers = lib.teams.helsinki-systems.members;
     mainProgram = "gawk";
   };
 }