diff --git a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
index 09be8c7c587b..680c9dfcb601 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/pulseaudio/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, intltool, autoreconfHook
-, json_c, libsndfile, libtool
+, libsndfile, libtool
 , xorg, libcap, alsaLib, glib
 , avahi, libjack2, libasyncns, lirc, dbus
 , sbc, bluez5, udev, openssl, fftwFloat
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${if libOnly then "lib" else ""}pulseaudio-${version}";
-  version = "9.0";
+  version = "10.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/pulseaudio-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "11j682g2mn723sz3bh4i44ggq29z053zcggy0glzn63zh9mxdly3";
+    sha256 = "0mrg8qvpwm4ifarzphl3749p7p050kdx1l6mvsaj03czvqj6h653";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./caps-fix.patch ]
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libcap ];
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ json_c libsndfile speexdsp fftwFloat ]
+    [ libsndfile speexdsp fftwFloat ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ glib dbus ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices AudioUnit Cocoa ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!libOnly) (