diff --git a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/default.nix b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/default.nix
index f7e45d7..f796a14 100644
--- a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/default.nix
+++ b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/default.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ in
     buildInputs = [
       ffmpeg
       pkg-config
-      pocketsphinx
       sphinxbase
+      pocketsphinx
     ];
 
     nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ in
       utils
     ];
 
-    patches = [
-      ./patches/cmd_ln.patch
-      ./patches/cstdint.patch
-    ];
+    patches = [./patches/cstdint.patch];
 
     # The tests are for the GUI
     doCheck = false;
diff --git a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/patches/cmd_ln.patch b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/patches/cmd_ln.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 28011ba..0000000
--- a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/patches/cmd_ln.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/gizmo/media/speechrec.h b/gizmo/media/speechrec.h
-index de7a932..076c8fe 100644
---- a/gizmo/media/speechrec.h
-+++ b/gizmo/media/speechrec.h
-@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
- #include "text/words.h"
- #include <pocketsphinx.h>
- #include <string>
-+#include <util/cmd_ln.h>
-
-
- class SpeechRecognition : public AVOutput
-
-diff --git a/gizmo/media/speechrec.cpp b/gizmo/media/speechrec.cpp
-index 4fe0bf7..fd041b9 100644
---- a/gizmo/media/speechrec.cpp
-+++ b/gizmo/media/speechrec.cpp
-@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
- #include "general/exception.h"
- #include <cstring>
- #include <cstdint>
-+#include <util/cmd_ln.h>
-
- using namespace std;
-
-@@ -30,28 +31,13 @@ SpeechRecognition::~SpeechRecognition()
-
- void SpeechRecognition::setParam(const string &key, const string &val)
- {
--	arg_t const *args = ps_args();
-+	ps_arg_t const *args = ps_args();
-
- 	for (size_t i = 0; args[i].name != NULL; i++)
- 	{
- 		if (key == args[i].name)
- 		{
--			int type = args[i].type;
--			if (type & ARG_INTEGER)
--				cmd_ln_set_int_r(m_config, key.c_str(), atol(val.c_str()));
--			else if (type & ARG_FLOATING)
--				cmd_ln_set_float_r(m_config, key.c_str(), atof(val.c_str()));
--			else if (type & ARG_STRING)
--				cmd_ln_set_str_r(m_config, key.c_str(), val.c_str());
--			else if (type & ARG_BOOLEAN)
--				cmd_ln_set_boolean_r(m_config, key.c_str(),
--						!(val.empty() || val == "0"));
--			else
--				throw EXCEPTION("invalid parameter type")
--					.module("SpeechRecognition", "setParameter")
--					.add("parameter", key)
--					.add("value", val)
--					.add("type", type);
-+			cmd_ln_set_str_extra_r(m_config, key.c_str(), val.c_str());
-
- 			return;
- 		}
-@@ -89,7 +75,7 @@ void SpeechRecognition::start(const AVStream *stream)
- 		throw EXCEPTION("can't init Sphinx engine")
- 			.module("SpeechRecognition", "ps_init");
-
--	int32_t frate = cmd_ln_int32_r(m_config, "-frate");
-+	int32_t frate = ((cmd_ln_access_r(m_config, "-frate"))->val).fl;
- 	m_framePeriod = 1.0 / (double)frate;
-
- 	if (frate == 0)
diff --git a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/patches/distutils.patch b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/patches/distutils.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac30051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/patches/distutils.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/m4/ax_python_devel.m4 b/m4/ax_python_devel.m4
+index 59a2ff09..af64eab2 100644
+--- a/m4/ax_python_devel.m4
++++ b/m4/ax_python_devel.m4
+@@ -132,21 +132,6 @@ variable to configure. See ``configure --help'' for reference.
+ 		fi
+ 	fi
+
+-	#
+-	# Check if you have distutils, else fail
+-	#
+-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the distutils Python package])
+-	ac_distutils_result=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils" 2>&1`
+-	if test -z "$ac_distutils_result"; then
+-		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+-	else
+-		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+-		AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot import Python module "distutils".
+-Please check your Python installation. The error was:
+-$ac_distutils_result])
+-		PYTHON_VERSION=""
+-	fi
+-
+ 	#
+ 	# Check for Python include path
+ 	#
diff --git a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/pocketsphinx.nix b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/pocketsphinx.nix
index ce00c1d..10da403 100644
--- a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/pocketsphinx.nix
+++ b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/pocketsphinx.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,40 @@
 {
-  cmake,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
-  pocketsphinx-src,
+  python3,
   sphinxbase,
   stdenv,
+  swig2,
   ...
-}: let
-  pyproject =
-    (
-      fromTOML (
-        builtins.readFile "${pocketsphinx-src}/pyproject.toml"
-      )
-    )
-    .project;
-in
-  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    name = "pocketsphinx";
-    inherit (pyproject) version;
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "pocketsphinx";
+  version = "5prealpha";
 
-    src = pocketsphinx-src;
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cmusphinx";
+    repo = "pocketsphinx";
+    rev = "5da71f0a05350c923676b02a69423d1291825d5b";
+    hash = "sha256-YZwuVYg8Uqt1gOYXeYC8laRj+IObbuO9f/BjcQKRwkY=";
+  };
 
-    buildInputs = [pkg-config];
-    nativeBuildInputs = [cmake sphinxbase];
+  patches = [./patches/distutils.patch];
 
-    postFixup = ''
-      cp -ar ${src}/src/util $out/include
-    '';
-  }
+  autoreconfPhase = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+    swig2
+    python3
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    sphinxbase
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    cp $out/include/pocketsphinx/* $out/include
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/sphinxbase.nix b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/sphinxbase.nix
index 8db0624..d6ad2a9 100644
--- a/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/sphinxbase.nix
+++ b/devices/nos/modules/subtitles/syncing/subsync/sphinxbase.nix
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     rev = "617e53691889336a482631380f75b453445d0dae";
     hash = "sha256-w/Huz4+crTzdiSyQVAx0h3lhtTTrtPyKp3xpQD5EG9g=";
   };
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    cp $out/include/sphinxbase/* $out/include/
+  '';
 }