diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/1.6.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/1.6.5/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 00dffdbc3ce3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/1.6.5/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "jsoncpp-${version}";
-  version = "1.6.5";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "open-source-parsers";
-    repo = "jsoncpp";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "08y54n4v3q18ik8iv8zyziava3x130ilzf1l3qli3vjwf6l42fm0";
-  };
-
-  /* During darwin bootstrap, we have a cp that doesn't understand the
-   * --reflink=auto flag, which is used in the default unpackPhase for dirs
-   */
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    cp -a ${src} ${src.name}
-    chmod -R +w ${src.name}
-    export sourceRoot=${src.name}
-  '';
-
-  # Hack to be able to run the test, broken because we use
-  # CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH to avoid cmake resetting rpath on install
-  preBuild = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="`pwd`/src/lib_json:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake python ];
-
-  CXXFLAGS = "-Wno-shift-negative-value";
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DJSONCPP_LIB_BUILD_SHARED=ON"
-    "-DJSONCPP_LIB_BUILD_STATIC=OFF"
-    "-DJSONCPP_WITH_CMAKE_PACKAGE=ON"
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    inherit version;
-    homepage = https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp;
-    description = "A simple API to manipulate JSON data in C++";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ttuegel cpages ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    branch = "1.6";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix
index 5c4c4a693df0..18ea6370634d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,49 @@
 { stdenv
-, fetchgit
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , python
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "jsoncpp-${version}";
-  version = "1.7.2";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp.git;
-    sha256 = "04w4cfmvyv52rpqhc370ln8rhlsrr515778bixhgafqbp3p4x34k";
-    rev = "c8054483f82afc3b4db7efe4e5dc034721649ec8";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "open-source-parsers";
+    repo = "jsoncpp";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1lg22zrjnl10x1bw0wfz72xd2kfbzynyggk8vdwd89mp1g8xjl9d";
   };
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    mkdir -p Build
-    pushd Build
+  /* During darwin bootstrap, we have a cp that doesn't understand the
+   * --reflink=auto flag, which is used in the default unpackPhase for dirs
+   */
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    cp -a ${src} ${src.name}
+    chmod -R +w ${src.name}
+    export sourceRoot=${src.name}
+  '';
 
-    mkdir -p $out
-    cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$out \
-             -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-  ''; 
+  # Hack to be able to run the test, broken because we use
+  # CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH to avoid cmake resetting rpath on install
+  preBuild = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="`pwd`/src/lib_json:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+  '' else ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="`pwd`/src/lib_json:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+  '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake python ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake python ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    "-DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF"
+  ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit version;
     homepage = https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp;
     description = "A C++ library for interacting with JSON.";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel cpages ];
     license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b74966e4979d..41e2312f4474 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7752,8 +7752,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   jsoncpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/jsoncpp { };
 
-  jsoncpp_1_6_5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/jsoncpp/1.6.5 { };
-
   jsonnet = callPackage ../development/compilers/jsonnet { };
 
   libjson = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjson { };