diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libagar/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libagar/package.nix
index 0335ab5a37a1e..5994aa44a756f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libagar/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libagar/package.nix
@@ -4,50 +4,36 @@
   fetchurl,
   pkg-config,
   libtool,
-  perl,
-  bsdbuild,
   gettext,
-  mandoc,
   libpng,
   libjpeg,
   libxinerama,
   freetype,
   SDL,
   libGL,
-  libsndfile,
-  portaudio,
   libmysqlclient,
   fontconfig,
+  perl,
 }:
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libagar";
-  version = "1.5.0";
+  version = "1.7.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://stable.hypertriton.com/agar/agar-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "001wcqk5z67qg0raw9zlwmv62drxiwqykvsbk10q2mrc6knjsd42";
+    hash = "sha256-0euZTIJizXDfHU2UYsVFMInbXcgV0BtXZ1CMKSOlllw=";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace configure.in \
-      --replace '_BSD_SOURCE' '_DEFAULT_SOURCE'
-    cat configure.in | ${bsdbuild}/bin/mkconfigure > configure
+    substituteInPlace configure \
+      --replace-fail '_BSD_SOURCE' '_DEFAULT_SOURCE'
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--with-libtool=${libtool}/bin/libtool"
-    "--enable-nls=yes"
-    "--with-gettext=${gettext}"
+    "--enable-nls=no"
     "--with-jpeg=${libjpeg.dev}"
     "--with-gl=${libGL}"
     "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}"
-    "--with-manpages=yes"
-  ];
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "devdoc"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -57,26 +43,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    bsdbuild
     perl
     libxinerama
     SDL
     libGL
     libmysqlclient
-    mandoc
-    freetype.dev
+    freetype
     libpng
-    libjpeg.dev
+    libjpeg
     fontconfig
-    portaudio
-    libsndfile
   ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Cross-platform GUI toolkit";
     homepage = "http://libagar.org/index.html";
-    license = with lib.licenses; bsd3;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ bsd3 ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
-    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libagar_test/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libagar_test/package.nix
index 32b3628cf6eb0..2fd663cdb6548 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libagar_test/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libagar_test/package.nix
@@ -1,37 +1,22 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  bsdbuild,
   libagar,
   perl,
   libjpeg,
   libpng,
   openssl,
 }:
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "libagar-test";
   inherit (libagar) version src;
 
   sourceRoot = "agar-${libagar.version}/tests";
 
-  # Workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains:
-  #   ld: textdlg.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `someString';
-  #     configsettings.o:(.bss+0x0): first defined here
-  # TODO: the workaround can be removed once nixpkgs updates to 1.6.0.
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace configure.in \
-      --replace '_BSD_SOURCE' '_DEFAULT_SOURCE'
-    cat configure.in | ${bsdbuild}/bin/mkconfigure > configure
-  '';
-
   configureFlags = [ "--with-agar=${libagar}" ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     perl
-    bsdbuild
     libagar
     libjpeg
     libpng
@@ -39,12 +24,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    broken = (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64);
     description = "Tests for libagar";
     mainProgram = "agartest";
     homepage = "http://libagar.org/index.html";
-    license = with lib.licenses; bsd3;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ bsd3 ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
-    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    broken = (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64);
   };
 }