diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/1.4.nix
index 3246e8908a06..2397e9ac24ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/1.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/1.4.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,185 @@
-import ./common.nix {
-  version = "1.4.x-2021-12-21";
-  rev = "c8bb2a35850be7c6eaec5ad5a2936a77f7913de2";
-  sha256 = "1fwfg1hp1ajqh2b4ra4phi96854q9i8c0gbyi7pr35ljyv848295";
-}
+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cmake,
+  pkg-config,
+  zlib,
+  libjpeg,
+  libpng,
+  fontconfig,
+  freetype,
+  libX11,
+  libXext,
+  libXinerama,
+  libXfixes,
+  libXcursor,
+  libXft,
+  libXrender,
+
+  withGL ? true,
+  libGL,
+  libGLU,
+  glew,
+
+  withCairo ? true,
+  cairo,
+
+  withPango ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
+  pango,
+
+  withDocs ? true,
+  doxygen,
+  graphviz,
+
+  withExamples ? (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform),
+}:
+
+let
+  onOff = value: if value then "ON" else "OFF";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "fltk";
+  version = "1.4.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fltk";
+    repo = "fltk";
+    rev = "release-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-xba9uiiwQhM4a3Rf4PoGshY3mUKZrcsm+Iv7qnE2sEA=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional withExamples "bin" ++ lib.optional withDocs "doc";
+
+  # Manually move example & test binaries to $bin to avoid cyclic dependencies on dev binaries
+  outputBin = lib.optionalString withExamples "out";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs documentation/make_*
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withDocs [
+    doxygen
+    graphviz
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs =
+    lib.optionals (withGL && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      libGL
+      libGLU
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (withExamples && withGL) [
+      glew
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+      fontconfig
+    ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    zlib
+    libjpeg
+    libpng
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    freetype
+    libX11
+    libXext
+    libXinerama
+    libXfixes
+    libXcursor
+    libXft
+    libXrender
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withCairo [
+    cairo
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withPango [
+    pango
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # Common
+    "-DFLTK_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${onOff (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic)}"
+    "-DFLTK_USE_SYSTEM_LIBDECOR=ON"
+    "-DFLTK_USE_SYSTEM_LIBJPEG=ON"
+    "-DFLTK_USE_SYSTEM_LIBPNG=ON"
+    "-DFLTK_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=ON"
+
+    # X11
+    "-DFLTK_USE_XINERAMA=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DFLTK_USE_XFIXES=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DFLTK_USE_XCURSOR=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DFLTK_USE_XFT=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DFLTK_USE_XRENDER=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+
+    # GL
+    "-DFLTK_BUILD_GL=${onOff withGL}"
+    "-DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE=GLVND"
+
+    # Cairo
+    "-DFLTK_OPTION_CAIRO_WINDOW=${onOff withCairo}"
+    "-DFLTK_OPTION_CAIRO_EXT=${onOff withCairo}"
+
+    # Pango
+    "-DFLTK_USE_PANGO=${onOff withPango}"
+
+    # Examples & Tests
+    "-DFLTK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=${onOff withExamples}"
+    "-DFLTK_BUILD_TEST=${onOff withExamples}"
+
+    # Docs
+    "-DFLTK_BUILD_HTML_DOCS=${onOff withDocs}"
+    "-DFLTK_BUILD_PDF_DOCS=OFF"
+    "-DFLTK_INSTALL_HTML_DOCS=${onOff withDocs}"
+    "-DFLTK_INSTALL_PDF_DOCS=OFF"
+    "-DFLTK_INCLUDE_DRIVER_DOCS=${onOff withDocs}"
+
+    # RPATH of binary /nix/store/.../bin/... contains a forbidden reference to /build/
+    "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON"
+  ];
+
+  postBuild = lib.optionalString withDocs ''
+    make docs
+  '';
+
+  postInstall =
+    lib.optionalString withExamples ''
+      mkdir -p $bin/bin
+      mv bin/{test,examples}/* $bin/bin/
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      moveAppBundles() {
+        echo "Moving and symlinking $1"
+        appname="$(basename "$1")"
+        binname="$(basename "$(find "$1"/Contents/MacOS/ -type f -executable | head -n1)")"
+        curpath="$(dirname "$1")"
+
+        mkdir -p "$curpath"/../Applications/
+        mv "$1" "$curpath"/../Applications/
+        [ -f "$curpath"/"$binname" ] && rm "$curpath"/"$binname"
+        ln -s ../Applications/"$appname"/Contents/MacOS/"$binname" "$curpath"/"$binname"
+      }
+
+      for app in $out/bin/*.app ${lib.optionalString withExamples "$bin/bin/*.app"}; do
+        moveAppBundles "$app"
+      done
+    '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/fltk-config \
+      --replace-fail "/$out/" "/"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ cross-platform lightweight GUI library";
+    homepage = "https://www.fltk.org";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    # LGPL2 with static linking exception
+    # https://www.fltk.org/COPYING.php
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Only;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/common.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ec78559ca0c..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/common.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,204 +0,0 @@
-{
-  version,
-  rev,
-  sha256,
-}:
-
-{
-  stdenv,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  cmake,
-  pkg-config,
-  zlib,
-  libjpeg,
-  libpng,
-  fontconfig,
-  freetype,
-  libX11,
-  libXext,
-  libXinerama,
-  libXfixes,
-  libXcursor,
-  libXft,
-  libXrender,
-
-  withGL ? true,
-  libGL,
-  libGLU,
-  glew,
-
-  withCairo ? true,
-  cairo,
-
-  withPango ? (lib.strings.versionAtLeast version "1.4" && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux),
-  pango,
-
-  withDocs ? true,
-  doxygen,
-  graphviz,
-
-  withExamples ? (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform),
-  withShared ? true,
-}:
-
-let
-  onOff = value: if value then "ON" else "OFF";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "fltk";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "fltk";
-    repo = "fltk";
-    inherit rev sha256;
-  };
-
-  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional withExamples "bin" ++ lib.optional withDocs "doc";
-
-  # Manually move example & test binaries to $bin to avoid cyclic dependencies on dev binaries
-  outputBin = lib.optionalString withExamples "out";
-
-  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    ./nsosv.patch
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs documentation/make_*
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    pkg-config
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withDocs [
-    doxygen
-    graphviz
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs =
-    lib.optionals (withGL && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
-      libGL
-      libGLU
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (withExamples && withGL) [
-      glew
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-      fontconfig
-    ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    zlib
-    libjpeg
-    libpng
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-    freetype
-    libX11
-    libXext
-    libXinerama
-    libXfixes
-    libXcursor
-    libXft
-    libXrender
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withCairo [
-    cairo
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withPango [
-    pango
-  ];
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    # Common
-    "-DOPTION_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${onOff withShared}"
-    "-DOPTION_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=ON"
-    "-DOPTION_USE_SYSTEM_LIBJPEG=ON"
-    "-DOPTION_USE_SYSTEM_LIBPNG=ON"
-
-    # X11
-    "-DOPTION_USE_XINERAMA=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
-    "-DOPTION_USE_XFIXES=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
-    "-DOPTION_USE_XCURSOR=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
-    "-DOPTION_USE_XFT=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
-    "-DOPTION_USE_XRENDER=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
-    "-DOPTION_USE_XDBE=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
-
-    # GL
-    "-DOPTION_USE_GL=${onOff withGL}"
-    "-DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE=GLVND"
-
-    # Cairo
-    "-DOPTION_CAIRO=${onOff withCairo}"
-    "-DOPTION_CAIROEXT=${onOff withCairo}"
-
-    # Pango
-    "-DOPTION_USE_PANGO=${onOff withPango}"
-
-    # Examples & Tests
-    "-DFLTK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=${onOff withExamples}"
-    "-DFLTK_BUILD_TEST=${onOff withExamples}"
-
-    # Docs
-    "-DOPTION_BUILD_HTML_DOCUMENTATION=${onOff withDocs}"
-    "-DOPTION_BUILD_PDF_DOCUMENTATION=OFF"
-    "-DOPTION_INSTALL_HTML_DOCUMENTATION=${onOff withDocs}"
-    "-DOPTION_INSTALL_PDF_DOCUMENTATION=OFF"
-    "-DOPTION_INCLUDE_DRIVER_DOCUMENTATION=${onOff withDocs}"
-
-    # RPATH of binary /nix/store/.../bin/... contains a forbidden reference to /build/
-    "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON"
-  ];
-
-  preBuild = lib.optionalString (withCairo && withShared && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
-    # unresolved symbols in cairo dylib without this: https://github.com/fltk/fltk/issues/250
-    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -undefined dynamic_lookup"
-  '';
-
-  postBuild = lib.optionalString withDocs ''
-    make docs
-  '';
-
-  postInstall =
-    lib.optionalString withExamples ''
-      mkdir -p $bin/bin
-      mv bin/{test,examples}/* $bin/bin/
-    ''
-    + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-      mkdir -p $out/Library/Frameworks
-      mv $out{,/Library/Frameworks}/FLTK.framework
-
-      moveAppBundles() {
-        echo "Moving and symlinking $1"
-        appname="$(basename "$1")"
-        binname="$(basename "$(find "$1"/Contents/MacOS/ -type f -executable | head -n1)")"
-        curpath="$(dirname "$1")"
-
-        mkdir -p "$curpath"/../Applications/
-        mv "$1" "$curpath"/../Applications/
-        [ -f "$curpath"/"$binname" ] && rm "$curpath"/"$binname"
-        ln -s ../Applications/"$appname"/Contents/MacOS/"$binname" "$curpath"/"$binname"
-      }
-
-      rm $out/bin/fluid.icns
-      for app in $out/bin/*.app ${lib.optionalString withExamples "$bin/bin/*.app"}; do
-        moveAppBundles "$app"
-      done
-    '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    substituteInPlace $out/bin/fltk-config \
-      --replace "/$out/" "/"
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "C++ cross-platform lightweight GUI library";
-    homepage = "https://www.fltk.org";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    # LGPL2 with static linking exception
-    # https://www.fltk.org/COPYING.php
-    license = licenses.lgpl2Only;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/default.nix
index 61d73b83e497..433c071a52d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fltk/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,199 @@
-import ./common.nix rec {
+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cmake,
+  pkg-config,
+  zlib,
+  libjpeg,
+  libpng,
+  fontconfig,
+  freetype,
+  libX11,
+  libXext,
+  libXinerama,
+  libXfixes,
+  libXcursor,
+  libXft,
+  libXrender,
+
+  withGL ? true,
+  libGL,
+  libGLU,
+  glew,
+
+  withCairo ? true,
+  cairo,
+
+  withPango ? false,
+  pango,
+
+  withDocs ? true,
+  doxygen,
+  graphviz,
+
+  withExamples ? (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform),
+  withShared ? true,
+}:
+
+let
+  onOff = value: if value then "ON" else "OFF";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "fltk";
   version = "1.3.8";
-  rev = "release-${version}";
-  sha256 = "1pw4ndwn9rr1cxw5qiw32r9la2z9zbjphgsqq1hj2yy4blwv419r";
-}
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fltk";
+    repo = "fltk";
+    rev = "release-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-OQWyOV3EeyFhwFg/eOX66QtFUxaDR1x4ZyHnZHmzhN8=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional withExamples "bin" ++ lib.optional withDocs "doc";
+
+  # Manually move example & test binaries to $bin to avoid cyclic dependencies on dev binaries
+  outputBin = lib.optionalString withExamples "out";
+
+  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    ./nsosv.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs documentation/make_*
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withDocs [
+    doxygen
+    graphviz
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs =
+    lib.optionals (withGL && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      libGL
+      libGLU
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (withExamples && withGL) [
+      glew
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+      fontconfig
+    ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    zlib
+    libjpeg
+    libpng
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+    freetype
+    libX11
+    libXext
+    libXinerama
+    libXfixes
+    libXcursor
+    libXft
+    libXrender
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withCairo [
+    cairo
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withPango [
+    pango
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # Common
+    "-DOPTION_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${onOff withShared}"
+    "-DOPTION_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=ON"
+    "-DOPTION_USE_SYSTEM_LIBJPEG=ON"
+    "-DOPTION_USE_SYSTEM_LIBPNG=ON"
+
+    # X11
+    "-DOPTION_USE_XINERAMA=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DOPTION_USE_XFIXES=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DOPTION_USE_XCURSOR=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DOPTION_USE_XFT=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DOPTION_USE_XRENDER=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+    "-DOPTION_USE_XDBE=${onOff stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux}"
+
+    # GL
+    "-DOPTION_USE_GL=${onOff withGL}"
+    "-DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE=GLVND"
+
+    # Cairo
+    "-DOPTION_CAIRO=${onOff withCairo}"
+    "-DOPTION_CAIROEXT=${onOff withCairo}"
+
+    # Pango
+    "-DOPTION_USE_PANGO=${onOff withPango}"
+
+    # Examples & Tests
+    "-DFLTK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=${onOff withExamples}"
+    "-DFLTK_BUILD_TEST=${onOff withExamples}"
+
+    # Docs
+    "-DOPTION_BUILD_HTML_DOCUMENTATION=${onOff withDocs}"
+    "-DOPTION_BUILD_PDF_DOCUMENTATION=OFF"
+    "-DOPTION_INSTALL_HTML_DOCUMENTATION=${onOff withDocs}"
+    "-DOPTION_INSTALL_PDF_DOCUMENTATION=OFF"
+    "-DOPTION_INCLUDE_DRIVER_DOCUMENTATION=${onOff withDocs}"
+
+    # RPATH of binary /nix/store/.../bin/... contains a forbidden reference to /build/
+    "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON"
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = lib.optionalString (withCairo && withShared && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
+    # unresolved symbols in cairo dylib without this: https://github.com/fltk/fltk/issues/250
+    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -undefined dynamic_lookup"
+  '';
+
+  postBuild = lib.optionalString withDocs ''
+    make docs
+  '';
+
+  postInstall =
+    lib.optionalString withExamples ''
+      mkdir -p $bin/bin
+      mv bin/{test,examples}/* $bin/bin/
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      mkdir -p $out/Library/Frameworks
+      mv $out{,/Library/Frameworks}/FLTK.framework
+
+      moveAppBundles() {
+        echo "Moving and symlinking $1"
+        appname="$(basename "$1")"
+        binname="$(basename "$(find "$1"/Contents/MacOS/ -type f -executable | head -n1)")"
+        curpath="$(dirname "$1")"
+
+        mkdir -p "$curpath"/../Applications/
+        mv "$1" "$curpath"/../Applications/
+        [ -f "$curpath"/"$binname" ] && rm "$curpath"/"$binname"
+        ln -s ../Applications/"$appname"/Contents/MacOS/"$binname" "$curpath"/"$binname"
+      }
+
+      rm $out/bin/fluid.icns
+      for app in $out/bin/*.app ${lib.optionalString withExamples "$bin/bin/*.app"}; do
+        moveAppBundles "$app"
+      done
+    '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/fltk-config \
+      --replace "/$out/" "/"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ cross-platform lightweight GUI library";
+    homepage = "https://www.fltk.org";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    # LGPL2 with static linking exception
+    # https://www.fltk.org/COPYING.php
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Only;
+  };
+})