diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/3.5.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/3.5.0.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 61a45cbab94b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/3.5.0.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-{
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  gfortran,
-  cmake,
-  python2,
-  atlas ? null,
-  shared ? false
-}:
-let
-  atlasMaybeShared = if atlas != null then atlas.override { inherit shared; }
-                     else null;
-  usedLibExtension = if shared then ".so" else ".a";
-  inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals concatStringsSep;
-  inherit (builtins) hasAttr attrNames;
-  version = "3.5.0";
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "liblapack-${version}";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "0lk3f97i9imqascnlf6wr5mjpyxqcdj73pgj97dj2mgvyg9z1n4s";
-  };
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ atlasMaybeShared ];
-  buildInputs = [ gfortran cmake ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python2 ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DUSE_OPTIMIZED_BLAS=ON"
-    "-DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS=-fPIC"
-  ]
-  ++ (optionals (atlas != null) [
-    "-DBLAS_ATLAS_f77blas_LIBRARY=${atlasMaybeShared}/lib/libf77blas${usedLibExtension}"
-    "-DBLAS_ATLAS_atlas_LIBRARY=${atlasMaybeShared}/lib/libatlas${usedLibExtension}"
-  ])
-  ++ (optional shared "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON")
-  # If we're on darwin, CMake will automatically detect impure paths. This switch
-  # prevents that.
-  ++ (optional stdenv.isDarwin "-DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT:PATH=''")
-  ;
-
-  doCheck = ! shared;
-
-  checkPhase = "
-    sed -i 's,^#!.*,#!${python2.interpreter},' lapack_testing.py
-    ctest
-  ";
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  passthru = {
-    blas = atlas;
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    inherit version;
-    description = "Linear Algebra PACKage";
-    homepage = http://www.netlib.org/lapack/;
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
index baf77696b16f..c68454fbe4a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ let
   usedLibExtension = if shared then ".so" else ".a";
   inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals concatStringsSep;
   inherit (builtins) hasAttr attrNames;
-  version = "3.4.1";
+  version = "3.8.0";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "liblapack-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "93b910f94f6091a2e71b59809c4db4a14655db527cfc5821ade2e8c8ab75380f";
+    url = "http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1xmwi2mqmipvg950gb0rhgprcps8gy8sjm8ic9rgy2qjlv22rcny";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ atlasMaybeShared ];
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = ! shared;
 
   checkPhase = "
-    sed -i 's,^#!.*,#!${python2.interpreter},' lapack_testing.py
     ctest
   ";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bb4a050a6ad5..8ea5d55a2817 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19947,7 +19947,7 @@ with pkgs;
     # great feature, but it's of limited use with pre-built binaries
     # coming from a central build farm.
     tolerateCpuTimingInaccuracy = true;
-    liblapack = liblapack_3_5_0WithoutAtlas;
+    liblapack = liblapackWithoutAtlas;
     withLapack = false;
   };
 
@@ -19970,10 +19970,7 @@ with pkgs;
   # without atlas. Etc.
   liblapackWithAtlas = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/liblapack {};
   liblapackWithoutAtlas = liblapackWithAtlas.override { atlas = null; };
-  liblapack_3_5_0WithAtlas = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/3.5.0.nix {};
-  liblapack_3_5_0WithoutAtlas = liblapack_3_5_0WithAtlas.override { atlas = null; };
   liblapack = liblapackWithAtlas;
-  liblapack_3_5_0 = liblapack_3_5_0WithAtlas;
 
   liblbfgs = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/liblbfgs { };