diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqtav/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqtav/default.nix
index a79e6d903842..93d8ced49cea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libqtav/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libqtav/default.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ with lib;
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libqtav-${version}";
-
-  # Awaiting upcoming `v1.12.0` release. `v1.11.0` is not supporting cmake which is the
-  # the reason behind taking an unstable git rev. 
-  version = "unstable-2017-03-30";
+  version = "1.12.0";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules qttools ];
-  buildInputs = [ 
+  buildInputs = [
     qtbase qtmultimedia qtquick1
     mesa libX11
     libass openal ffmpeg libuchardet
@@ -23,18 +20,13 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    sha256 = "1xw0ynm9w501651rna3ppf8p336ag1p60i9dxhghzm543l7as93v";
-    rev = "4b4ae3b470b2fcbbcf1b541c2537fb270ee0bcfa";
+    sha256 = "03ii9l38l3fsr27g42fx4151ipzkip2kr4akdr8x28sx5r9rr5m2";
+    rev = "v${version}";
     repo = "QtAV";
     owner = "wang-bin";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i -e 's#CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT#TRUE#g' ./CMakeLists.txt
-    sed -i -e 's#DESTINATION ''${QT_INSTALL_LIBS}/cmake#DESTINATION ''${QTAV_INSTALL_LIBS}/cmake#g' ./CMakeLists.txt
-  '';
-
   # Make sure libqtav finds its libGL dependancy at both link and run time
   # by adding mesa to rpath. Not sure why it wasn't done automatically like
   # the other libraries as `mesa` is part of our `buildInputs`.