diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/builder.sh b/pkgs/shells/bash/builder.sh
index 7ee2af07e446..c1ae41a8c532 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/builder.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 . $stdenv/setup
 genericBuild
-(cd $out/bin && ln -s bash sh)
+cd $out/bin
+ln -s bash sh
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/default.nix
index 918b1cea769c..f112bd78b0ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "bash-2.05b";
+  name = "bash-3.0";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nl.net/pub/gnu/bash/bash-2.05b.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "5238251b4926d778dfe162f6ce729733";
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/bash/bash-3.0.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "26c4d642e29b3533d8d754995bc277b3";
   };
 }