diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix
index a14de67d7f39..3ea86b36a306 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aubio/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, fftw, libjack2, libsamplerate
-, libsndfile, pkgconfig, python2
+, libsndfile, pkgconfig, python3
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "aubio-0.4.3";
+  name = "aubio-0.4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://aubio.org/pub/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1azarklqggch8kkz3gbqwi2vlb6ld4lidyhp34qawr0c7h3xnb5n";
+    sha256 = "1y5zzwv9xjc649g4xrlqnim4q7pcwgzn0xrq3ijbmm5r4ckbkk9a";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    alsaLib fftw libjack2 libsamplerate libsndfile pkgconfig python2
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib fftw libjack2 libsamplerate libsndfile python3 ];
 
-  configurePhase = "${python2.interpreter} waf configure --prefix=$out";
+  configurePhase = "${python3.interpreter} waf configure --prefix=$out";
 
-  buildPhase = "${python2.interpreter} waf";
+  buildPhase = "${python3.interpreter} waf";
 
-  installPhase = "${python2.interpreter} waf install";
+  installPhase = "${python3.interpreter} waf install";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Library for audio labelling";