diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix
index b097e5cbb64c..52d439918aa3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix
@@ -4,19 +4,17 @@
 
 assert odbcSupport -> unixODBC != null;
 
+# Work is in progress to move to cmake so revisit that later
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "freetds-${version}";
-  version = "1.00.80";
+  version = "1.00.91";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "http://www.freetds.org/files/stable/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "17s15avxcyhfk0zsj8rggizhpd2j2sa41w5xlnshzd2r3piqyl6k";
+    sha256 = "04c344xdvh2j36r01ph7yhy5rb1668il0z9vyphwdy6qqwywh622";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--with-tdsver=7.3"
-  ];
-
   buildInputs = [
     openssl
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional odbcSupport unixODBC;