diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 775db5d..5eac586 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ rec {
   lolcommits = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/lolcommits { mplayer = mplayerV4l; };
   mplayerV4l = pkgs.mplayer.override { v4lSupport = true; };
   vollkorn = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/vollkorn { };
-  numptyphysics = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/numptyphysics { SDL2 = pkgs.SDL2.override {openglSupport = true; }; };
+  numptyphysics = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/numptyphysics { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/numptyphysics/default.nix b/pkgs/numptyphysics/default.nix
index cdab363..b3355cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/numptyphysics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/numptyphysics/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
-, SDL2
-, SDL2_image
-, SDL2_ttf
+, SDL
+, SDL_image
+, SDL_ttf
 , libGL
 , glib
 , pkgconfig
@@ -11,21 +11,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "numptyphysics";
-  version = "0.3.6";
+  version = "0.3.7";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "thp";
     repo = "numptyphysics";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "03cqzp8wj00kwc5ykhk27vv9jpgcn8b99lkfzj557lmvvyx1rrsd";
+    sha256 = "1g3pl5ghan7g173zgwz0jkm3swy2r00gng392w25fsj5lf1g1v5x";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf glib libGL ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image SDL_ttf glib libGL ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
-  patches = [
-    # always build against libGL, as upstream check depends on FHS lib locations
-    ./use-libgl.patch
-  ];
-  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=''" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "PLATFORM=sdl1" "V=1" "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=''" ];
 
   meta = {
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.schmittlauch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/numptyphysics/use-libgl.patch b/pkgs/numptyphysics/use-libgl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 56b984a..0000000
--- a/pkgs/numptyphysics/use-libgl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/platform/gl/gl.mk b/platform/gl/gl.mk
-index 094a69b..f374acd 100644
---- a/platform/gl/gl.mk
-+++ b/platform/gl/gl.mk
-@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
- ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
- LIBS += -framework OpenGL
- else ifneq ($(PLATFORM),mingw)
--ifneq ($(wildcard $(patsubst %,%/libGL.so.1,/usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/* /usr/lib/*/mesa)),)
-+# quick and dirty patch: always use libGL without checking
- $(eval $(call add_pkgconfig,gl))
- else
--$(eval $(call add_pkgconfig,glesv2))
--CFLAGS += -DUSE_OPENGL_ES
--CXXFLAGS += -DUSE_OPENGL_ES
--endif
--else
- LIBS += -lopengl32
- endif