diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/freeoffice.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/freeoffice.nix
index 8c862cb6ea4f..ff54f8ff90f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/freeoffice.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/freeoffice.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   pname = "freeoffice";
-  version = "971";
+  version = "973";
   edition = "2018";
   suiteName = "FreeOffice";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.softmaker.net/down/softmaker-freeoffice-${version}-amd64.tgz";
-    sha256 = "1h36pjbpbiy4cw383cbrwh1jx2kp1ay29734zailmhifz53gj44f";
+    sha256 = "0xac4ynf1lfh8qmni5bhp4ybaamdfngva4bqaq21n1m4pgrx1ba5";
   };
 
   archive = "freeoffice${edition}.tar.lzma";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/generic.nix
index 56dc6a5e4f7f..82ac2b58f68a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/softmaker/generic.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       done
     done
 
+    # freeoffice 973 misses the 96x96 application icons, giving broken symbolic links
+    # remove broken symbolic links
+    find $out -xtype l -ls -exec rm {} \;
+
     # Add desktop items
     ${desktopItems.planmaker.buildCommand}
     ${desktopItems.presentations.buildCommand}