diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
index eee977e97037..9631746691f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gsl-1.15";
+  name = "gsl-1.16";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gsl/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "18qf6jzz1r3mzb5qynywv4xx3z9g61hgkbpkdrhbgqh2g7jhgfc5";
+    sha256 = "0lrgipi0z6559jqh82yx8n4xgnxkhzj46v96dl77hahdp58jzg3k";
   };
 
   # ToDo: there might be more impurities than FMA support check
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     description = "The GNU Scientific Library, a large numerical library";
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/;
+    license = "GPLv3+";
 
     longDescription = ''
       The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C
@@ -27,10 +29,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       fitting.  There are over 1000 functions in total with an
       extensive test suite.
     '';
-
-    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/;
-    license = "GPLv3+";
-
-    maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }