diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/bless/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/bless/default.nix
index 24fc8440bbd790..e613747aeab1a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/bless/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/bless/default.nix
@@ -1,73 +1,58 @@
 { lib, stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, autoreconfHook
 , pkg-config
 , mono
+, meson
+, ninja
 , gtk-sharp-2_0
 , gettext
 , makeWrapper
 , glib
 , gtk2-x11
-, gnome2
+, libxslt
+, docbook_xsl
+, python3
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bless";
-  version = "0.6.2";
+  version = "0.6.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "afrantzis";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "04ra2mcx3pkhzbhcz0zwfmbpqj6cwisrypi6xbc2d6pxd4hdafn1";
+    hash = "sha256-rS+vJX0y9v1TiPsRfABroHiTuENQKEOxNsyKwagRuHM=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed "s|get_option('tests')|false|g" -i meson.build
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [
     gtk-sharp-2_0
     mono
     # runtime only deps
     glib
     gtk2-x11
-    gnome2.libglade
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
-    autoreconfHook
+    meson
+    ninja
     gettext
     makeWrapper
+    libxslt
+    docbook_xsl
+    python3
   ];
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    # scrollkeeper is a gnome2 package, so it must be old and we shouldn't really support it
-    # NOTE: that sadly doesn't turn off the compilation of the manual with scrollkeeper, so we have to fake the binaries below
-    "--without-scrollkeeper"
-  ];
-
-  autoreconfPhase = ''
-    mkdir _bin
-
-    # this fakes the scrollkeeper commands, to keep the build happy
-    for f in scrollkeeper-preinstall scrollkeeper-update; do
-      echo "true" > ./_bin/$f
-      chmod +x ./_bin/$f
-    done
-
-    export PATH="$PWD/_bin:$PATH"
-
-    # and it also wants to install that file
-    touch ./doc/user/bless-manual.omf
-
-    # patch mono path
-    sed "s|^mono|${mono}/bin/mono|g" -i src/bless-script.in
-
-    ./autogen.sh
-    '';
-
   preFixup = ''
-    MPATH="${gtk-sharp-2_0}/lib/mono/gtk-sharp-2.0:${glib.out}/lib:${gtk2-x11}/lib:${gnome2.libglade}/lib:${gtk-sharp-2_0}/lib"
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/bless --prefix MONO_PATH : "$MPATH" --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$MPATH"
-    '';
+    MPATH="${gtk-sharp-2_0}/lib/mono/gtk-sharp-2.0:${glib.out}/lib:${gtk2-x11}/lib:${gtk-sharp-2_0}/lib"
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/bless --prefix MONO_PATH : "$MPATH" --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$MPATH" --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ mono ]}
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/afrantzis/bless";